Noctisardor Bypass YOU'RE FIT TO LEARN THE MEANING OF A BEATDOWN, MADNESS, CHAOS IN THE BRAIN

Mae didn't understand. Her eyes filled with tears even as a familiar fire lit in her chest and crawled up her throat. You're not fine, She insisted, voice rising thickly, words fighting their way past the sudden sickness churning in her gut. How can you - you're - it's - it's not fucking okay, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT!

And then she was sobbing like some little baby, and ashamed of herself, and still so very angry with Wren. She stumbled back, one paw moving to her mouth in an attempt to stifle her ragged too-quick breathing. But she couldn't. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't think. It - it's n-not okay, She sobbed into her paw. How could Wren say that it was? How could she lie to her? How?