The Sword Master Only Wants to Protect
"It's going to be alright, Ruby. Take a deep breath, slowly. Match your breath with me. Could you do that? Yes, like that. Good."
Ruby took several more trembling breaths, noticeably easier and deeper than before. Rion bit his lower lips, feeling like he had hit the bottom well of his spirit energy, and now he needed to squeeze out every drop. He couldn't hold back his cough when he felt more than hear a sharp and crisp sound of something cracked inside his chest.
"Master...." Ruby whined lowly. Her eyes were still scrunched shut, with brows pinched together in a grimace. Her exhales came out as puffs of smoke in the air. As if the breath she let out was hotter than the surrounding air.
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