[He hears her knock and realizes it's because she literally can't speak. The thinning air on his side is also beginning to register with him. Atsushi goes from calling that she 'please hang on!' and blindly reassuring her that he'll 'definitely get you out of there!' to his own suffocating silence.
It makes him angry. He was so careless that he wasted his strength banging on the wall, instead of thinking up a proper way to save her. Even as he's struggling to breath, Atsushi claws desperately at the wall. There has to be some way to break it down! But even then... There's no air on his side either. They would only end up dying as a pair.]
... I- 'm -- here! [He calls as best he can. It's not much; Just a pathetic shout, starving for air and volume. But Atsushi doesn't want this stranger to think his silence meant he left her. He hasn't given up yet, even as his lungs feel ready to call it quits.
Think, think. This isn't real, right? It's a nightmare. And like the rest of this town, it runs on nightmare logic. The way to get air back into her side of the booth isn't to beat holes in it. There's something else at play.]
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It makes him angry. He was so careless that he wasted his strength banging on the wall, instead of thinking up a proper way to save her. Even as he's struggling to breath, Atsushi claws desperately at the wall. There has to be some way to break it down! But even then... There's no air on his side either. They would only end up dying as a pair.]
... I- 'm -- here! [He calls as best he can. It's not much; Just a pathetic shout, starving for air and volume. But Atsushi doesn't want this stranger to think his silence meant he left her. He hasn't given up yet, even as his lungs feel ready to call it quits.
Think, think. This isn't real, right? It's a nightmare. And like the rest of this town, it runs on nightmare logic. The way to get air back into her side of the booth isn't to beat holes in it. There's something else at play.]