“M-myrrine.” There it is, the name that spews sluggishly forth off of a tongue that feels too big for his mouth. His voice is thick, his pronunciation slurring, all of the charm that is usually present in his baritone voice replaced only with pain. “Where… where is Laume?” Please, anywhere but here, don’t let her see me like this. “Is she…safe?” A spasmodic cough wracks his golden frame, the strange, wheezing rattle of death evident now. And in spite of the haze of pain, the prince feels the sudden sting of guilt that she is the one to have stumbled upon his deathbed, she who never wanted anything of him besides a shoulder to cry on. And yet, he had hurt her. He had hurt everyone, and he is only making things worse now.
“Myrrine,” he whispers. He is fading fast, her form blurring into darkness even now. He hasn’t much time, but he has to do what he can to save her from this pain. “Don’t – don’t do this to yourself. It’s – too – late for me, I’m… I’m dying.” And he knows in his bones that what he says is true. “But I’ll watch over you – both of you – from wherever I end up. You won’t be alone, I promise.” His breaths are coming faster now, growing more shallow by the second. It won’t be long before he slips away for good. He is so tired, and things don’t hurt so badly here, lying on the floor of the Rotunda. It seems that Myrrine’s sobs are from somewhere far away, and somewhere in his soul he feels something beckoning him away.
But it doesn’t seem right to leave her just yet. He will hold on as long as he can, for her.
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@Myrrine
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