[He shakes his head immediately—it's willful denial, no matter how serious her tone or the expression on her face.]
[It's either cling to the denial, or risk letting his terror win out over his rational senses. There is no way to run screaming to safety when it's a danger that supposedly comes from within and without.]
I can't accept that.
[No more than he can accept that the one thing he doesn't want to do—die—wouldn't even save him from becoming... well, like her.]
no subject
[It's either cling to the denial, or risk letting his terror win out over his rational senses. There is no way to run screaming to safety when it's a danger that supposedly comes from within and without.]
I can't accept that.
[No more than he can accept that the one thing he doesn't want to do—die—wouldn't even save him from becoming... well, like her.]