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*He winced in pain as she threw her arms around him once more, straining to speak with what little he had left within him.*

"....forgiven..."

*He took a sharp intake a breath as one of the bullets within his shifted and pain tore through his body.*

"....stop blubbering officer.......thats.....an.....................ord...."

*With that his eyes seemed to become a dull grey and his wings hung limply at the top of his head, his hair seemed almost limp and lacked its flamekissed brilliance. His chest slowly fell as she almost literally squeezed the air out of him.*

((Thats what? 2.5 deaths because of me in the Brink now? Cause Malazar didn't die, but came close....))

*As if the Brink were responding with a "Yes yes yes" Torment slowly began to fade out. The blood that was making direct contact with him started to fade as well, but what was left on Cora and some of the surrounding area did not.*

*The faint clomping of boots can be heard from the direction of the rooms area along with the faint glimmer of the ambient lighting creating a sheen off the metallic bands around his wrists and the reflective surface that are his shades with the occassional flutter of the wings upon his head can only signal one person's approach. He pauses as he enters the main room, glancing over the area and his gaze falling on the bloodied Cora.*

"Cora!"

*He rushes over to where she had collapsed, leaping straight over a table like one at the top of a pole vault. As he gets closer he falls to his knees and skids to a stop next to her.*

"Cora? Can you hear me?"

*He almost feared that the shock of his abrupt disappearance and supposed death what seemed to be more than a week ago to him had killed her or something. He checked her pulse, though not being able to find it at first before proceeding to lift her off the ground and hold her in a half sitting postion and gently trying the limited non-magical means of waking an unconscious person that he knew, which was basically improvising as he went along.*

*He continued his seriously inexperienced attempts as he continued speaking.*

"Cora, you need to wake up now. I need to know you're ok. Cora, can you hear me? Its me Torment, I know you likely just saw me die, but I'm here for you. Wake up officer, thats and order."

*He took Cora's hands in his own and gently rubbed them to stimulate her nervous system. He spoke softer, but put his face closer to Cora's thinking that she would be able to focus faster.*

"Cora, can you hear me? Its Torment. You're going to be ok. Officers aren't weak, now come on, get up. Don't make me have to order you again, likely wouldn't be good for my health."

*He did what came naturally and pulled her close on his left side, his right hand craddling the back of her head.*

"Shh, its ok, I'm here. Its ok, just gather yourself together. I'm very much alive Cora, at least, last time I nearly blew myself up anyway."

*He nearly barfed as he started to give the order.*

"Cora, I ugh...I Order you to stop appoligizing. You have NOTHING to appoligize for. My father has become an evil, manipulative son of a b***h that must be stopped. My temporary sacrifice is an acceptable loss on the path to stopping him. Cora, if you wouldn't have stood your ground and had submitted to him in full my death would have been in vain. Know this Cora, Death isn't something that I call permanent for myself. Hell, its hard to keep a good man down, I might be one of the only ones left."

*He let out a soft chuckle as he smirked, slowly pulling Cora away to look into her eyes.*

"But serriously, are you going to be ok?"