[ herbert west doesn't startle easilyā€”in fact, he's usually the one doing the startlingā€”but he visibly jumps when the weight of his parka descends back over his narrow shoulders and reflexively whips his head in the direction of the voice. ]
Iā€”no.
[ it only takes him a few seconds to realize what's really going on here. he's still dead and dan's alive. this was the hallucination. herbert can't help but to feel the burn of humiliation rising to his faceā€”well, humiliation or windburn, one of the two. the sensations are difficult to distinguish from each other in this weather. ]
I thought I saw something I didn't. [ shortly: ] Thank you.
[ if your friends told you to jump off a bridge... ]
this tag wiped every coherent thought out of my brain. thank you king
Iā€”no.
[ it only takes him a few seconds to realize what's really going on here. he's still dead and dan's alive. this was the hallucination. herbert can't help but to feel the burn of humiliation rising to his faceā€”well, humiliation or windburn, one of the two. the sensations are difficult to distinguish from each other in this weather. ]
I thought I saw something I didn't. [ shortly: ] Thank you.
[ if your friends told you to jump off a bridge... ]