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Space 17

Growls again, this time within his own space and many. There were monsters out there and they were coming for him, and a part of Halle hoped they would. He was tired, honestly, of weeks...now months, of waiting for something bad to happen.

Just happen, already. Just try him.

He grinned as he reached for the die, tired and full of teeth.

Space 19 & 20

He's close and he can feel on his skin, an awaiting sense of freedom and then...the game, the floor collapses under his feet and Halle has to scramble for purchase, hands biting on some black ledge of nothing. A falling tile leaves a long gash along his back and he pulls himself up just enough to see the die waiting, still despite this little world falling apart. With one last heave of strength he reaches for it and tosses the cursed thing.

And everything is back to rights once more. His brother standing fine and relatively unscathed before him. Relief and resentment war for a moment, and Lisse is left with the panting figure of Halle, panting and bloodied, and very clearly, pissed off.

"Great training. Let's do it again. Right now."

And the worst part was, he meant it.

Once they were through, his brother and himself, for whatever measure of comfort that was in this city, Halle shrugged away from his brother support. "You do that. Or don't do that. It's not like anything matters to you, right?"

Tipping his head up to the sky, he exhaled and then gave Lisse a weary, "Don't stay out too late."

And in his thoughts, that stupid oath repeated itself, and he meant it enough that a moment later, he was gone and transported to the one place his brother couldn't follow. Halle.