a fish must swim

harrow reaching for alecto and begging to be able to touch her

palamedes being so excited to see harrow he PICKS HER UP IN A SPIN AND KISSES THE TOP OF HER HEAD when she can’t even recognize one of her only friends

augustine telling mercy “my bones will rest easy next to your bones.”

cam painstakingly gathering the fragments of palamedes’ skull for the smallest chance he might still be in there

gideon gaining consciousness in harrow’s body and the only thing she even wanted was for her to be there.

harrow realizing the theater of her mind and feeling the absolute gut punch of losing the love of her life all over again

wake smiling at pyrrha like there's no one else in the world she'd rather see

harrow's dream-hallucination roleswap au holding firm to the idea that crux loves her and would stick by her even if she weren't the reverend daughter

her desperately contrite apology to ortus and his simply wrapping her in a hug which feels good and safe in a way touch usually doesn't for her

mercymorn tearfully demanding that john tell her he loved cristabel

gideon remembering the fight that prompted harrow to open the tomb, the angry desperation and genuine desire to hurt each other that two children should never have felt ("how much more will it take before you and i achieve omniscience?")

augustine telling mercy that he could stub her out like a cigarette and john would forgive him, and then later john does exactly that and augustine refuses to forgive him

The swords kissed and sprang apart and kissed again [...] steel rang, steel sang, steel screamed and sparked and scraped [...] A red flower blossomed [...] "Come on, come on, my sweetling, the music’s still playing. Might I have this dance, my lady?”

Neil: flight

Andrew:fight

Kevin: freeze

Jean: fawn