[It was uncomfortable, how much of this was familiar. This was not the first time Viktor had felt a sudden all-encompassing pain, heard indistinct sounds and voices as existence faded--except this time, he was not met by oblivion.]
[His head pounded in a way he hadn't believed it still could, with the rhythm of a phantom heartbeat and the force of unfamiliar thoughts. Slowly, he picked himself up with the staff at his side, forcing himself to keep going. Giving up now would be a terrible betrayal, cowrdice of the highest order.]
[So he took a breath that whirred like air through metal, and followed.]
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[His head pounded in a way he hadn't believed it still could, with the rhythm of a phantom heartbeat and the force of unfamiliar thoughts. Slowly, he picked himself up with the staff at his side, forcing himself to keep going. Giving up now would be a terrible betrayal, cowrdice of the highest order.]
[So he took a breath that whirred like air through metal, and followed.]