armor ends
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"We were so worried, we heard you—" Ragatha starts, and then looks up. She meets Jax's gaze dead-on, and goes silent. Tears brim in the corner of her eye. Her hand flies up to cover her mouth. He can't tell if the look on her face is relief or fear.
Gangle's staring at him like she's seen a ghost. Pomni slowly raises to her feet, brows furrowed. She winces as every movement jars her wavering form.
Cowered on the floor, panting, confused and disoriented, with everyone standing above him, taller than him… it reminds Jax of something deeply unpleasant. They're all staring at him. They're all seeing him.
Jax knows they're not going to like what they see.
His breath quickens until his head is spinning, and he feels like he's going to vomit. He forces himself upwards with a frustrated cry, swaying in place, and then turns and bolts towards his room as fast as he can.
"NO!" Pomni screams.
(or: pomni pulls jax back from the brink.)
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- Part 1 of armor ends
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Sometimes, on the rare nights they spend in bed together, Pomni will sit up by her side, and watch her sleep.
Usually she situates herself lower down the bed, like she wants to be small. She'll throw her arm over Pomni's waist and tuck the scarred side of her face against her side, right above her hip. She'll always start out sleeping restlessly, but her face will even out in dreaming.
Pomni will often reach out, to cup the back of her head with her hand, run her fingers through her hair, and stare at her peaceful, unguarded expression — and she'll think, selfishly, just to herself, I wish I knew your name.
(or: jax coming back from abstraction doesn't automatically fix everything. pomni struggles to reckon with it.)
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- Part 2 of armor ends
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"I'm saying this for a reason," Zooble hisses. "I'm going to ask a question that's probably a little too much, and you're probably going to get weird about it. I'm telling you that if it's gonna make you freak out, I can save it."
Jax peers out at them. There's something intense swimming in their eyes, but they look like they're trying to bury it. She swallows. Her mouth feels dry.
"Freaky thing to hear," she mumbles, suspicious, "but go on."
Zooble sighs. "Are you and Pomni, like— a thing, now?"
Jax feels her face go red hot.
"Um."
(or: jax and zooble debrief.)
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- Part 3 of armor ends