And finally, at the end of the hallway, Lin (http://zombiearmadillo.deviantart.com/art/Perdido-Street-Station-Lin-82070639), his lover, friend, confidante, companion. The city was definitely being generous if they let a Khepri patient into this place. Most humans could not tell what a Khepri was thinking, but as he looked over her, gazed into those many and glimmering compound eyes, he knew exactly what she was thinking:
Nothing at all. Nor would she ever again.
The guilt was like a hammer blow to the chest. If only he hadn't put out the call for winged things. If only he hadn't raised that strange grub he'd been brought. If only...There were so many If Onlys and you could drown in them. He bit back tears.
The nurse lay a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be alright...You'll be with her soon enough." And black wings ripped through the nurse's shift. A long tongue unrolled from her mouth, an obscene thing.
"Jabber and fuck!" He exclaimed as he lept back with remarkable agility for a man his size. The hybrid slake moth-nurse sprinted after him but he managed to buy himself a moment's time by pushing her back with a stomping kick in the stomach. She went stumbling back but seemed otherwise unhurt.
There was a jar of yellow liquid next to one of the patients and Isaac snatched it up. Backpedalling, he drew wards on the ground in urine.
The thing was slowed but not stopped by them. But the wards seemed to crack at the reality of it. Godshit, i'm in a nightmare! He realized suddenly.
"Hello! Can anyone hear me?!" He called out to the walls.
part 2
Nothing at all. Nor would she ever again.
The guilt was like a hammer blow to the chest. If only he hadn't put out the call for winged things. If only he hadn't raised that strange grub he'd been brought. If only...There were so many If Onlys and you could drown in them. He bit back tears.
The nurse lay a hand on his shoulder. "It'll be alright...You'll be with her soon enough." And black wings ripped through the nurse's shift. A long tongue unrolled from her mouth, an obscene thing.
"Jabber and fuck!" He exclaimed as he lept back with remarkable agility for a man his size. The hybrid slake moth-nurse sprinted after him but he managed to buy himself a moment's time by pushing her back with a stomping kick in the stomach. She went stumbling back but seemed otherwise unhurt.
There was a jar of yellow liquid next to one of the patients and Isaac snatched it up. Backpedalling, he drew wards on the ground in urine.
The thing was slowed but not stopped by them. But the wards seemed to crack at the reality of it. Godshit, i'm in a nightmare! He realized suddenly.
"Hello! Can anyone hear me?!" He called out to the walls.