Rosetta's eyes widened, and if anything the flowing tears increased. Of course, Mana would say that. She should have expected it. Really, in fact, she had expected it and she knew it. It was the reassurance she wanted to hear but would not ask for, because she felt - at that point - asking for such a thing would only be thinking of just herself even more.
She stood there for several moments, stunned as her words sunk in. She knew better, she knew it, she had said it herself at a different time, with a different perspective.
Rosetta stayed like this so long, though, that the zombies had neared them again, en masse. Still, she was frozen, almost afraid to move, or say anything, or... just do anything.
Until she saw one raise a rusty blade, while others still began to lumber forward. In fact, they moved far faster than she would have given them credit for.
Without thinking, she snapped out of it and moved, flinging herself in front of Cure Heart. She threw up one palm, attempting to generate a Rosetta Wall, but it barely came. It shattered - as did the sword. But another arm, from another zombie, suddenly surged out.
The blow to her midsection was something she felt far more than she knew she should. And, be it by her wavering heart or the draining power of this prison, her Cure form suddenly broke. Lance flew back, bouncing along the floor until he stopped near Heart, while Alice herself was carried into the air by inhuman strength.
She landed several feet away from both of them, onto her left arm, an intense pain jolting from it as she hit the hard, stone floor without any sort of protection. She was laid out there, dazed and stunned for several more moments. Her head spun.
No, Mana was right. She couldn't lose. She couldn't afford to lose. But as she reeled from the sudden pain, and the equally abrupt loss of power for the moment, she could not do anything but try not to let that overcome here then and there...
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She stood there for several moments, stunned as her words sunk in. She knew better, she knew it, she had said it herself at a different time, with a different perspective.
Rosetta stayed like this so long, though, that the zombies had neared them again, en masse. Still, she was frozen, almost afraid to move, or say anything, or... just do anything.
Until she saw one raise a rusty blade, while others still began to lumber forward. In fact, they moved far faster than she would have given them credit for.
Without thinking, she snapped out of it and moved, flinging herself in front of Cure Heart. She threw up one palm, attempting to generate a Rosetta Wall, but it barely came. It shattered - as did the sword. But another arm, from another zombie, suddenly surged out.
The blow to her midsection was something she felt far more than she knew she should. And, be it by her wavering heart or the draining power of this prison, her Cure form suddenly broke. Lance flew back, bouncing along the floor until he stopped near Heart, while Alice herself was carried into the air by inhuman strength.
She landed several feet away from both of them, onto her left arm, an intense pain jolting from it as she hit the hard, stone floor without any sort of protection. She was laid out there, dazed and stunned for several more moments. Her head spun.
No, Mana was right. She couldn't lose. She couldn't afford to lose. But as she reeled from the sudden pain, and the equally abrupt loss of power for the moment, she could not do anything but try not to let that overcome here then and there...