Moonspear stage 1: denial

She called to him! Of course she called, and his only answer was a panicked screech, sucking in breath after breath as he ran as hard as he could. The activity brought a little bit of sanity back to him, not that it mattered. Maegi followed him and swept close and he all but shrieked again, wanting to avoid this ghost of Titmouse past. What had he done before to save himself?

You're n-not here, you're not, you're -- dead, d-dead, he stammered and denied her; looking over a shoulder and thinking she would be there following, turning back and - no! Here, before him! His heart hammering.

Nuh, no! No! Titmouse shut his eyes and shook his head violently as if the etch-a-sketch of his brain would be cleansed. His eye opened and, Still here. You need to go! Leave me ALONE!

Running through her if he must! Cantering through the dark and away.