[ distantly, thomas is aware of the shift. whatever part of him that had associated william with safety knows that this was foolish, that he shouldn't have left him, but it's too late. thomas is left to witness the carnage of his dreamscape, the mangled mess of the griever, the twisted face of gally. thomas is backing away in spite of himself, even as he's forcibly reminded of the last time he saw gally.
this is worse. it's everything from that last meet magnified, gally turning grotesque and mutated as they'd all been on the tranquility. thomas' face is screwed up, tears mingling with the sweat on his face. thomas trips over himself and lands hard, still trying to scramble away even as gally looms over him. ]
No. No, Gally, stop! I was trying to save you, I tried--
[ and failed. he failed them, and he's here now, where he can't do anything to help anyone. gally's claws dig into his chest, twisting, and thomas screams, and--
and bolts upright in bed, so forcefully that he half-flings himself off of it, flailing for a moment before he hits the ground. he can't breathe, can't tell if he's crying or sweating or dying even, trying to catch his breath as he shakes, the realization of what happened catching up with him. ]
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this is worse. it's everything from that last meet magnified, gally turning grotesque and mutated as they'd all been on the tranquility. thomas' face is screwed up, tears mingling with the sweat on his face. thomas trips over himself and lands hard, still trying to scramble away even as gally looms over him. ]
No. No, Gally, stop! I was trying to save you, I tried--
[ and failed. he failed them, and he's here now, where he can't do anything to help anyone. gally's claws dig into his chest, twisting, and thomas screams, and--
and bolts upright in bed, so forcefully that he half-flings himself off of it, flailing for a moment before he hits the ground. he can't breathe, can't tell if he's crying or sweating or dying even, trying to catch his breath as he shakes, the realization of what happened catching up with him. ]