scarificed ] ;; OAK

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     he’s still smothered by the compressing walls, eyes blown wide - barely registering the stars that now surround them. part of him still wants to be back on the earth, even if it means battling his way out and risking death. it’s preferable to the clammy walls & sensation of suffocating. ‘it’s too small, tid – it’s TOO SMALL!’ he can’t breathe, he can’t think, he can’t do anything beyond slap at the walls and flash her a panicked look.

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           His panic was echoing and bouncing off the walls, eclipsing her CALM dramatically. It was bouncing in her brain, screaming off her skull. All within a quick movement, thin units move to flicker on the autopilot — better the machine than her — and she moves to lift her hands up, gesturing for the sides of his head. “ ———- Easy, EASY, I need you to let me HELP, okay?” A simple mind trick, in a sense, something harmless and soothing, required by her own personal beliefs the consent of the receiver. “Let me HELP, Oak. It’s gonna be okay.”