Once their foreheads are pressed together, Alfred lets his eyes drift shut. Focus. He's gotten pretty good at this, but this is...this is something different. The pages are there but the binding is torn out, the spine destroyed. If he can just mend it....
"... it's - it's all scrambled up. Th-there are...sounds. I think - I think if I just-"
Mend it. Put it together. There's something in the shadows, silhouetted by lightning. Mend the pages.
"There's - a clicking - AGH-"
He gets close before letting out a little gasp, eyes snapping open as blood trickles from his right nostril.
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Once their foreheads are pressed together, Alfred lets his eyes drift shut. Focus. He's gotten pretty good at this, but this is...this is something different. The pages are there but the binding is torn out, the spine destroyed. If he can just mend it....
"... it's - it's all scrambled up. Th-there are...sounds. I think - I think if I just-"
Mend it. Put it together. There's something in the shadows, silhouetted by lightning. Mend the pages.
"There's - a clicking - AGH-"
He gets close before letting out a little gasp, eyes snapping open as blood trickles from his right nostril.