I couldn't keep getting on with it all. It wasn't so much any new horror being introduced, as just... cumulative weight. Like a fracture giving way to a complete shift.
I ran, and found M-Bot on the way. It was somewhat damaged, but I was able to help it, and we were better able to escape together than alone.
[They sigh.]
We were far from the only ones to escape the Empire, let alone the first. A band of mercenaries acted as our escorts for part of the journey.
[Unwillingly, they pause, then push through.]
M-Bot flew away at one point. I followed, and... by the time we turned back, everyone else on that team had been slaughtered. The Empire thought they had gotten everyone of that group.
[Which meant the only thing left to do was to run more.]
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I couldn't keep getting on with it all. It wasn't so much any new horror being introduced, as just... cumulative weight. Like a fracture giving way to a complete shift.
I ran, and found M-Bot on the way. It was somewhat damaged, but I was able to help it, and we were better able to escape together than alone.
[They sigh.]
We were far from the only ones to escape the Empire, let alone the first. A band of mercenaries acted as our escorts for part of the journey.
[Unwillingly, they pause, then push through.]
M-Bot flew away at one point. I followed, and... by the time we turned back, everyone else on that team had been slaughtered. The Empire thought they had gotten everyone of that group.
[Which meant the only thing left to do was to run more.]