[ Realizing that she was being looked over for damage Lily held her arms out and shook her head. She'd taken a few blows so far, but nothing life-threatening, and at the time they'd hardly mattered. Soreness and exhaustion could wait a little longer.
With a brusque nod Lily started towards the barrel before she stopped herself, reaching out to rest a hand on Eleven's arm, meeting his eye. ]
We're going to get through this.
[ Lily didn't know if they would or not, she didn't want to think about what failure would mean, and chose instead to throw herself into the fray, surging ahead instead of lingering on the dismal prospect of failure. She said it because she had the sense that he needed to hear it, and because voicing it aloud made it feel more concrete and plausible. ]
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With a brusque nod Lily started towards the barrel before she stopped herself, reaching out to rest a hand on Eleven's arm, meeting his eye. ]
We're going to get through this.
[ Lily didn't know if they would or not, she didn't want to think about what failure would mean, and chose instead to throw herself into the fray, surging ahead instead of lingering on the dismal prospect of failure. She said it because she had the sense that he needed to hear it, and because voicing it aloud made it feel more concrete and plausible. ]