[ Her voice rising several octaves, Riley calls back, almost indignant, not quite thinking: ] Do not give me that, I know what blood looks— oh. Oh.
[ As she...reaches the kitchen and realizes just what he means there, the spot on the floor, not...the rest of it, the stuff soaking through his blanket. The sight of it all gives her a small moment where she can piece together just how this went, especially with the pasta.
It makes a lot more sense, but picturing it isn't exactly a fun experience. As she retrieves a glass of water, she starts murmuring, mostly to keep herself from thinking about the thought of Steve suddenly crashing to the floor, dropping everything as he does and crawling across his apartment. ]
Gonna...boil everything away, that's no way to make— [ Almost as an afterthought, she flicks off the burner before returning to the front of the apartment, still in what we would call a bit of a frenzy.
Glass of water in one hand, bottle of painkillers in the other, now she lets herself sink to her knees beside Steve. ] Here, start with...with two, and if you need more, we'll go from there.
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[ As she...reaches the kitchen and realizes just what he means there, the spot on the floor, not...the rest of it, the stuff soaking through his blanket. The sight of it all gives her a small moment where she can piece together just how this went, especially with the pasta.
It makes a lot more sense, but picturing it isn't exactly a fun experience. As she retrieves a glass of water, she starts murmuring, mostly to keep herself from thinking about the thought of Steve suddenly crashing to the floor, dropping everything as he does and crawling across his apartment. ]
Gonna...boil everything away, that's no way to make— [ Almost as an afterthought, she flicks off the burner before returning to the front of the apartment, still in what we would call a bit of a frenzy.
Glass of water in one hand, bottle of painkillers in the other, now she lets herself sink to her knees beside Steve. ] Here, start with...with two, and if you need more, we'll go from there.