[Raph doesn't have time to argue. He has no interest in fighting these morons, and Leo can take care of himself. They'll just meet up topside soon they shake these kedan off their tails.
He turns and ducks deeper into the narrow tunnel, a handful of workers still brandishing tools scramble through the passageway behind him.
The tunnels wind unlike anything he's seen in New York - twisting and dipping, bifurcating in strange places. They trail more like veins and capillaries than anything man-made. No, he reminds himself, this thing's alive.
He loses the kedan easily enough in the labyrinth, but doesn't stop. He has to get the hell out of here. He's sick of feeling like an insect tunneling under this thing's skin. The reek of infection is still in his nostrils, images of the broken shell, blood clots and exposed bone flash through his mind along with the sickening crunch of an older memory. As he runs, the fever-heat sweeps over him again. His stomach lurches into his throat, and a moment later he's bent over against the wall, vomiting into the filthy water.
Great. This's just great. On the upside, he was able to keep his stomach until Leo wasn't there to see it. On the downside? He's lost more than just the kedan. He has no clue how to get out of this nightmare.]
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He turns and ducks deeper into the narrow tunnel, a handful of workers still brandishing tools scramble through the passageway behind him.
The tunnels wind unlike anything he's seen in New York - twisting and dipping, bifurcating in strange places. They trail more like veins and capillaries than anything man-made. No, he reminds himself, this thing's alive.
He loses the kedan easily enough in the labyrinth, but doesn't stop. He has to get the hell out of here. He's sick of feeling like an insect tunneling under this thing's skin. The reek of infection is still in his nostrils, images of the broken shell, blood clots and exposed bone flash through his mind along with the sickening crunch of an older memory. As he runs, the fever-heat sweeps over him again. His stomach lurches into his throat, and a moment later he's bent over against the wall, vomiting into the filthy water.
Great. This's just great. On the upside, he was able to keep his stomach until Leo wasn't there to see it. On the downside? He's lost more than just the kedan. He has no clue how to get out of this nightmare.]