[The more that arm works, the more that Viktor will find himself weakening - like a battery losing its charge, lower and lower and lower. Any movement through the growing sea of vines drags like quicksand, the heat sweltering.]
Y-yes... Yes, I c-can, I...
[He's trying to press, to get some kind of leverage. But diminished as he is, he's powerless.
Powerless.
It's getting hard to breathe. Suffocating, suffocating.
Powerless.
--Vakama, are you sure about this--]
I did the--- the best I could, I-- w-we had t-to do--- something--
[You're exhausted. You're beyond exhausted. An echo of Vakama's voice rings like a memory. Pushing. Pushing.
"Keep going! Together, at its heart! We will win!"
You don't have much more to give. But you're running out of time.]
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Y-yes... Yes, I c-can, I...
[He's trying to press, to get some kind of leverage. But diminished as he is, he's powerless.
Powerless.
It's getting hard to breathe. Suffocating, suffocating.
Powerless.
--Vakama, are you sure about this--]
I did the--- the best I could, I-- w-we had t-to do--- something--
[You're exhausted. You're beyond exhausted. An echo of Vakama's voice rings like a memory. Pushing. Pushing.
"Keep going! Together, at its heart! We will win!"
You don't have much more to give. But you're running out of time.]