Dorian's body won't play along, not even for the price of his soul. He collapses, steel falling out of his fingers, vision going black and then white and then black again as his mind screams to shut down, but his will hangs on to that stubborn idea: he has to save Steve.
His heart stops pumping blood. It starts up again. Dorian puts his weight on a hand to try to push himself up and shouts as the just-healing wrist cracks again under pressure.
He tries to push himself up again, his heart almost steady enough to support him. He begins to see through burning eyes, to see a staggering figure moving towards the console. What is it doing? But when Dorian tries to speak, he chokes on the blood in his lungs and can't stop coughing, each shudder sending new twists of pain through wrecked body.
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Dorian's body won't play along, not even for the price of his soul. He collapses, steel falling out of his fingers, vision going black and then white and then black again as his mind screams to shut down, but his will hangs on to that stubborn idea: he has to save Steve.
His heart stops pumping blood. It starts up again. Dorian puts his weight on a hand to try to push himself up and shouts as the just-healing wrist cracks again under pressure.
He tries to push himself up again, his heart almost steady enough to support him. He begins to see through burning eyes, to see a staggering figure moving towards the console. What is it doing? But when Dorian tries to speak, he chokes on the blood in his lungs and can't stop coughing, each shudder sending new twists of pain through wrecked body.