October 08, 2017, 10:45 AM
Artaax felt his breath coming in deep gasps as the panic consumed him. He did his best to remain still as it happened, desperately praying no one would see this. The commotion behind him was enough that he didn't believe they would, but he had also never thought he would be so weak as to fall apart like this. He felt so helpless, and weak, and terrible. His mother needed him. He had been so convinced that in coming here, he would be the brave hero and would be the one to save her. And now, when it came down to it, he was nothing but a sobbing, panicking little boy with his tail tucked between his legs, being of no use to anyone at all.
The panic attack lasted a few minutes before finally, he felt his breath slow. His vision and hearing began to clear again as feeling returned to his legs and his shoulders ceased their quaking - all things he hadn't even realized had been impairing him until they began to fade. The boy gazed at his paws, felt the dirt driven between his pads and his nails from clenching the earth so violently. He blinked, then shut his eyes as he began to wrestle himself back into submission. To gain control again, though the simple realization of how badly he had lost it was fighting to quicken his pulse all over again.
The panic attack lasted a few minutes before finally, he felt his breath slow. His vision and hearing began to clear again as feeling returned to his legs and his shoulders ceased their quaking - all things he hadn't even realized had been impairing him until they began to fade. The boy gazed at his paws, felt the dirt driven between his pads and his nails from clenching the earth so violently. He blinked, then shut his eyes as he began to wrestle himself back into submission. To gain control again, though the simple realization of how badly he had lost it was fighting to quicken his pulse all over again.
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i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - September 30, 2017, 05:55 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Artaax - September 30, 2017, 09:25 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Wildfire - September 30, 2017, 09:51 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Étoille - September 30, 2017, 09:53 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Blixen - September 30, 2017, 10:12 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Towhee - September 30, 2017, 10:23 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Finley - September 30, 2017, 06:53 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Elwood - October 01, 2017, 10:09 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Dio - October 01, 2017, 08:17 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Eljay - October 02, 2017, 04:19 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Hux - October 02, 2017, 04:30 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - October 02, 2017, 09:03 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Wildfire - October 02, 2017, 12:37 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Portia - October 03, 2017, 08:21 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Hux - October 03, 2017, 09:01 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Blixen - October 03, 2017, 04:12 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Artaax - October 03, 2017, 05:14 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Finley - October 03, 2017, 05:44 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Towhee - October 04, 2017, 08:16 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Elwood - October 04, 2017, 11:56 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - October 04, 2017, 06:01 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Eljay - October 05, 2017, 02:06 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Dio - October 07, 2017, 10:59 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Portia - October 08, 2017, 09:42 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Finley - October 08, 2017, 10:34 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Artaax - October 08, 2017, 10:45 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - October 08, 2017, 01:33 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Blixen - October 08, 2017, 08:08 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Elwood - October 09, 2017, 07:17 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Raven - October 09, 2017, 08:52 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Eljay - October 10, 2017, 03:06 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Towhee - October 10, 2017, 09:29 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Hux - October 11, 2017, 07:23 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Étoille - October 11, 2017, 09:32 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Dio - October 11, 2017, 03:31 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Artaax - October 13, 2017, 06:43 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Finley - October 14, 2017, 08:33 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Hux - October 16, 2017, 04:38 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - October 30, 2017, 08:37 AM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Elwood - November 05, 2017, 10:11 PM
RE: i warn you not to doubt the silence before the storm - by Antumbra - November 13, 2017, 03:26 PM