[There's fear in his voice. Is this tied into why the Calling's stopped? Did people fall into a trap?]
Adelaide? Trapped where? How? Forget how, where and by what? I can't... No. No, I'm not losing you too. I refuse to. You're going to be stuck minding me. Do you hear me?
[ Listening had come a few hours later- and had brought demons with it. Her response is intercut with the hissing of shades and the familiar crackling of ice. ]
The fade. We killed the demon but we-
-nd our way out. We can't- [ It cuts out entirely here, the shriek of a rage demon warbling and raw before it ends. ]
You can. Ade-ade, you can. Please. There will be a way out. There has to be.
[His voice is cracking, and he doesn't even know if she'll hear this.]
Piss off an ancient pride demon to the point they fling you out because you're a nuisance, or... or... or... I don't know but you can find a way. If anyone can, you can.
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Adelaide? Trapped where? How? Forget how, where and by what? I can't... No. No, I'm not losing you too. I refuse to. You're going to be stuck minding me. Do you hear me?
no subject
The fade. We killed the demon but we-
-nd our way out. We can't- [ It cuts out entirely here, the shriek of a rage demon warbling and raw before it ends. ]
no subject
[His voice is cracking, and he doesn't even know if she'll hear this.]
Piss off an ancient pride demon to the point they fling you out because you're a nuisance, or... or... or... I don't know but you can find a way. If anyone can, you can.