[She speaks quickly, urgently - she doesn't want him to leave. He's neutralized the threat of the mask, anyway; he's stripped away its power and symbolism with the crisp surety of his words and the deliberate replacement of the Blue Lady.]
[Her speech is still muffled into the plush bear's head, though, and she doesn't move or say anything for a few more long moments. When she does lift her head again to look at him, her hair is mussed and dissheveled, her eyes tired but bright. Not fever-bright, though; her fever has broken.]
I had to get to the bear. [This, she has decided, is her best way to cope. It's Ben, but it's not. She can use it even when he's not around. It's childish, but frankly, she doesn't care.]
[ Spam ]
[She speaks quickly, urgently - she doesn't want him to leave. He's neutralized the threat of the mask, anyway; he's stripped away its power and symbolism with the crisp surety of his words and the deliberate replacement of the Blue Lady.]
[Her speech is still muffled into the plush bear's head, though, and she doesn't move or say anything for a few more long moments. When she does lift her head again to look at him, her hair is mussed and dissheveled, her eyes tired but bright. Not fever-bright, though; her fever has broken.]
I had to get to the bear. [This, she has decided, is her best way to cope. It's Ben, but it's not. She can use it even when he's not around. It's childish, but frankly, she doesn't care.]