[There's one second where he tries to protect them both, to repel this attacker. One second of horrified realisation as his shield doesn't work, isn't there. His single defense has been denied him, and then Brigitte hits the ground and the teammate starts wailing and Ellias breaks.
She has been kind to him, and now he's leaving her to fight. To die, surely. He's too afraid to regret it. He's too afraid to be sorry. This will haunt him, but not yet. Not now. Now is only the blind charge of escape, and the knowledge of what awaits him if he fails.]
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She has been kind to him, and now he's leaving her to fight. To die, surely. He's too afraid to regret it. He's too afraid to be sorry. This will haunt him, but not yet. Not now. Now is only the blind charge of escape, and the knowledge of what awaits him if he fails.]