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⠀*͢ herself any closer 、keeping a distance between them. “ please 、toby 、it’s going to be alright. ” there were very few times she ever saw her little brother this scared &̲ it broke her heart terribly each and every time.
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remaining silent for a moment 、lyra wasn’t exactly sure what to do at this point. she knew better than to keep pushing it— so she simply took a quiet seat on the ground as well 、straight across from him. she didn’t try to move ↷
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Eyes watering , he couldn’t bear to just hear her again . He couldn’t get those images to leave him .
“ You’re gone — you’re gone — mm— you’re d— ddead — ck—ck— ”
Hugging himself , he clutched his own jacket .
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gulping slowly and blinking rapidly with little clue what to do. “ it’s really me 、toby. it’s your * 𝓼ister. please just— .. it’s okay; i’m real. i promise i’m real. look at me. ” she tried to sound confident of herself 、but ↷
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A twitch of his neck , he stumbles back . Clutching his head .
“ L — Lyra — ? No — no — n— n— mm — No — no — you’re not — m— ”
Covering his mouth with one hand , he felt his heart race as he didn’t look at her .
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