[ Well I hope they're on the same side Koharu is at because she is NOT wading through that. She stops a short distance away from the two, panting, the air about her a mixture of confusion and heaviness. ]
How many times has she seen a comrade give their life in front of her, unable to do anything to help them? ]
I'm... I'm still here.
[ That can be counted as "okay", can't it? Even if she let Blade down, even if he's gone now, she saved one person. But does that count for anything? Did she really manage anything at all? She clutches tightly onto Silver Wolf's hands, but the other girl doesn't say anything.
Was she too late again? Her hesitation costing another life? ]
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The acid stings as she reaches Silver Wolf, pulling her out of the river.
Both of them can hear Blade's accusatory tone, as the river takes him away, "I knew you'd fail me."
She curls in on herself.
Failure. Murderer. Weapon. ]
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Firefly...? Are—are the both of you okay?
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How many times has she seen a comrade give their life in front of her, unable to do anything to help them? ]
I'm... I'm still here.
[ That can be counted as "okay", can't it? Even if she let Blade down, even if he's gone now, she saved one person. But does that count for anything? Did she really manage anything at all? She clutches tightly onto Silver Wolf's hands, but the other girl doesn't say anything.
Was she too late again? Her hesitation costing another life? ]
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[ Wordlessly, Koharu kneels down next to both Firefly and this unfamiliar face. ]
Does she need help...?
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She moves aside. Silver Wolf's body covered in that red, burning acid. ]
Yes.
[ Or she's already dead, in which case she needs far help than anyone present could provide. ]
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I... I don't know where we could bring her.
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It doesn't feel right to burn her.
She brushes the strands of hair out of Silver Wolf's face, as gentle as she can be. ]
... There's nowhere good here, is there?
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She tries to pick her up. Firefly is strong, but the weight of her is wrong, a reminder there's no life left.]
... Silver Wolf deserves better.
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Who—is she?
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[She walks, slower now with a body dragging her down.]
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[ Which home? Koharu wonders, as she follows. ]
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But to call anywhere home feels wrong. Glamoth fell so long ago, and now what?
She holds Silver Wolf closer, as she begins to dissolve into ash.
Doesn't it mean something that she was in both lives? ]
Yes.
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... I'm sorry.
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[She doesn't stop walking, can't. But she watches her friend fade away and her heart aches.
If it were Silver Wolf instead of her, she'd be able to save both of them without an issue.
When did Firefly become so helpless?]