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143. Death Knell
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~ CARA ~
Nerves fluttered in my stomach, outright fear shoved adrenaline through my veins.
Rig sat with his elbows on the table and his head in his hands, snarling at himself. “…didn’t think it all through. I was so sure we had it… I was so sure…”
I reached across the little table and put a hand on his arm—it was steel under my hand. He was in crisis and I hated that I had no idea what to do to help him.
“Rig, there’s no point whipping yourself with it now, it’s done. We have to… to figure out what we’re going to do when we leave, right?”
He nodded, but didn’t speak, his eyes open but fixed on nothing, his jaw too tight I was worried he
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