Hey, Raven. Hey, hey. Carry me and run as fast as you can.
â| Really, you⊠Didnât I already tell you to stop calling me that?
He pauses, considers her request with knit brows and narrowed eyes. Alice never did seem to have a firm grasp on the concept of âthis is not the time to be frivolous,â but in light of recent events⊠in discovering that the three of them were all still alive and together and almost okayâ
"âŠYouâre going to have to do part of the work too, yâknow."
The empty sleeve flutters when he drops to a knee, rustles when he readies himself to bear her meagre burden.
"And carry⊠your weightâŠ"
But not all of it. Thatâs⊠thatâs okay. Iâll take some of it, too.