[ He doesn't even make it all the way. In actuality, the Buster Sword had made it as far as being held high over his head, teetering between falling back...and coming down like a guillotine passing sentence. It's almost like he's frozen. One second. Two seconds.
Three seconds. Before he finally breathes again and...his mismatched eyes change once more. A soft luster of Mako returns to them. The gold in one of them slowly shifts back to the vibrant blue she once knew. Though his feral traits (ears and claws) remain, there's a look of utter shock on her attacker's face. ]
... N- [ It hits him. Like a freight train. Everything that happened up to now feeling like a nightmare he just woke up from. Except all of it was real. And without his fully registering it, Cloud's eyes burn. Tears roll down his cheeks when he finally exhales, ] Nyuu.
[ And the Buster Sword falls. It hits the cold, hard ground with a ring, falling to the side behind him as he feels his knees buckle. And he drops to them in front of the terrified mermaid. ]
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[ He doesn't even make it all the way. In actuality, the Buster Sword had made it as far as being held high over his head, teetering between falling back...and coming down like a guillotine passing sentence. It's almost like he's frozen. One second. Two seconds.
Three seconds. Before he finally breathes again and...his mismatched eyes change once more. A soft luster of Mako returns to them. The gold in one of them slowly shifts back to the vibrant blue she once knew. Though his feral traits (ears and claws) remain, there's a look of utter shock on her attacker's face. ]
... N- [ It hits him. Like a freight train. Everything that happened up to now feeling like a nightmare he just woke up from. Except all of it was real. And without his fully registering it, Cloud's eyes burn. Tears roll down his cheeks when he finally exhales, ] Nyuu.
[ And the Buster Sword falls. It hits the cold, hard ground with a ring, falling to the side behind him as he feels his knees buckle. And he drops to them in front of the terrified mermaid. ]
What... What was I...?
[ About to do? ]