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She was so proud of them. 

She was also, frankly, terrified, but even in the midst of impending, unprecedented danger, Seele couldn’t help but beam as the group managed to figure out the room’s tricks. She wanted to shout out some kind of encouragement, or congratulations, but when she opened her mouth all she managed was a choked gasp. 

Right, the shield. The effects of her Broken Chains spell had worn off long ago, and now the barrier above her existed only by the loophole of the fact that she was still channeling it. The spikes had gradually bored through the cumulative power of the shields she’d applied, and she’d had to start funneling her own health into it. It felt…awful. Seele was used to the fatigue brought on by this sort of exertion, but she wasn’t just feeling exhausted, she was downright [i]hurting[/i]. And it wasn’t hard to see why. 

Her uplifted hands were shaking against the continued pressure, and her skin had begun [i]peeling[/i] off. Black veins snaked down her fingers, her palms, and were even starting to creep down her wrists, leaving the flesh around them pale and [i]burned[/i]. She was [i]burning[/i] from arcane aftershock. And…she felt a slight wetness on her lips, and on her ears. A quick flick of the tongue confirmed her suspicion: blood. [color=#2E2C2C]…it…hurts…[/color]

[color=plum]"Drop it! Your--We have to run!"[/color] Kazuki shouted to her.

[color=92278f]“Door…go…right…behind ya!”[/color] She’d wanted to say more, but it had taken a fair amount of composure just to squeeze those words out. She could make that run, totally, sure, absolutely. Probably. But speed didn’t look like the forte for some of them, especially with recovering wounded, and she was going to give her team as much time as she could to get to safety before she let that ceiling drop one more inch.
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