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It hurts.
The words painted Lucy's brain into fatigue; the only way she could even begin to describe the feeling was gray.
It hurts.
Her body was limp on the bed-slash-mat that she slept on. Her eyes were open, staring. It was night.
It hurts.
The pain was almost unbearable. It felt like a nail in the back of her head.
It hurts.
The next streak of pain painted her vision white. When she could see again, she sat up quickly, putting her head in her hands and resting them against her knees. I'm scared, she thought.
It hurts.
The following crack of pain was at her horns, expelling a half-scream from her lips. After that, was the most sensitive part of any Diclonius—her vectors.
It HURTS.
Lucy screamed wholeheartedly.
.. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. ..
Mayu was staring, trembling. Her internal Danger Sensor was blaring its ass off; she was frozen. Help her, help her, help her, her brain chanted. Help her-
But how? Should she-
"Do you think," asked Kaede. "That I should kill him?"
Mayu thought back, to half-hidden memories, in her nightmare of a childhood home.
"He is quite useless. On the one hand, he is a bargaining chip for Lucy and the rest of you," she said conversationally, not facing Mayu. Mayu gently shifted her friend onto the floor, slightly angered that the girl didn't find her a threat, at all. "On the other, of course, it would get back at Yuka, now wouldn't it?"
Mayu stood, brushing off her skirt.
"Girl?" Asked Kaede. "You're not answering me." She turned.
Mayu threw her hands out, stumbling backwards. "Stay back."
Clunk.
Kaede laughed, but when she went to take a step forward, she came up against a wall. Clunk. "Hey," muttered the pink-haired girl. "What is this-!"
Clunk.
A blood curdling scream was released from the Diclonius.
Clunk. Clunk.
Mayu dropped to her knees, just barely keeping her hands pointed at Kaede.
"What did you-" she broke off with a sob. "Why would you do that-?!"
Mayu was sobbing, as well.
I'm . . . so . . . scared. . . .