( she knows what it's like on the first day, surrounded by violence and chaos, always living bodies but some just on the brink. it's not happy, but it happens once a month, every month and shepard has made it her priority to see to the new arrivals, make this transition a bit easier with padded blows. and to get information, if she can, but not even she could tell you what she's looking for. gripping at strings, probably, hoping for something better.
in walk juno steel.
more appropriately, in drowns juno steel -- a lump of brown and black and red buoying in the ocean, bobbing face down in the thrashing waves. first death in xist? shepard chases after him without a thought, picking him out of the water with immeasurable strength, hauling his form over his shoulder while she helps him out. that's easy. he's breathing, she finds out when she sets him down on the sand, thumping his chest with her palms a few times for good measure. alive, that's good news. she breathes a sigh of relief just before he says that -- and a laugh is stolen from her chest, abrupt and sudden, surprising even her. )
First things first -- you got a name, soldier? And how about some dry clothes?
crash - edits to fit my agenda
in walk juno steel.
more appropriately, in drowns juno steel -- a lump of brown and black and red buoying in the ocean, bobbing face down in the thrashing waves. first death in xist? shepard chases after him without a thought, picking him out of the water with immeasurable strength, hauling his form over his shoulder while she helps him out. that's easy. he's breathing, she finds out when she sets him down on the sand, thumping his chest with her palms a few times for good measure. alive, that's good news. she breathes a sigh of relief just before he says that -- and a laugh is stolen from her chest, abrupt and sudden, surprising even her. )
First things first -- you got a name, soldier? And how about some dry clothes?