Her body did, though the only feeling left in it is lethargy.
[Ithaqua's tone is even, everything in his body, from his stance to his pulse showing that he's mostly calm right now. Detached. He has to be, otherwise he would have been feeling the same emotions that his younger self is showing right now. He remembers it well-- the adrenaline from the first time he's killed a person, the fear that someone might walk in on them, the determination to make it out alive and make sure that no one bothers him or his mother ever again.]
But her mind? Nothing is left. [That is not completely true-- there's something in her left. Unfortunately, that "something" is what drove him to wear a mask in the first place, and is quite unpleasant for everyone involved, and for anyone to hear.
His younger self's last act in Nathaniel Norwell's room is to place his knife in his dead twin's hand, before leaving through the window and quietly closing it behind him.
However, the flurry of snow increases despite the closed window, and the floor beneath them gives way to hard ground and even more snow. They're back to where they were, as if they never left.]
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[Ithaqua's tone is even, everything in his body, from his stance to his pulse showing that he's mostly calm right now. Detached. He has to be, otherwise he would have been feeling the same emotions that his younger self is showing right now. He remembers it well-- the adrenaline from the first time he's killed a person, the fear that someone might walk in on them, the determination to make it out alive and make sure that no one bothers him or his mother ever again.]
But her mind? Nothing is left. [That is not completely true-- there's something in her left. Unfortunately, that "something" is what drove him to wear a mask in the first place, and is quite unpleasant for everyone involved, and for anyone to hear.
His younger self's last act in Nathaniel Norwell's room is to place his knife in his dead twin's hand, before leaving through the window and quietly closing it behind him.
However, the flurry of snow increases despite the closed window, and the floor beneath them gives way to hard ground and even more snow. They're back to where they were, as if they never left.]