Gwen cries out and even reaches a hand out when Chelsea charges, but is too far away to stop the child. She gets batted away, only a single stroke, and Gwen breathes out a sigh of relief that she seems okay, not badly hurt.
Her blade does not rise. The tip remains hard in the floor, and she leans her weight on the length. She pauses, listens to Rikku's words, the other woman who comes from Yunalesca's same world. There's some sense to what she's saying. Keep them talking, build on it, but how?
Turn one on the other, then get out of the middle. Daleks and Cybermen. Remember? It's the best shot.
"He is the one consumed with despair the most," Gwen uses her free arm to point at Garland. "He's spreading it loose in the world. He can't just drown in his own despair, he has to force it on everyone else, drag all of us down with him, because one hope is enough to make him think all his pain isn't real. This world won't be freed from it while he is still standing."
"We won't fight against you." Louder, hoping that she can get her point of view through to the whole group. "Because you're still a hero, just like us. You're still trying, damn it. You're trying to stand between this world and destruction. But if your fight is to free this world, you have to start with him." She lets her arm drop. "We'll fight with you. You don't have to stand there alone."
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Her blade does not rise. The tip remains hard in the floor, and she leans her weight on the length. She pauses, listens to Rikku's words, the other woman who comes from Yunalesca's same world. There's some sense to what she's saying. Keep them talking, build on it, but how?
Turn one on the other, then get out of the middle. Daleks and Cybermen. Remember? It's the best shot.
"He is the one consumed with despair the most," Gwen uses her free arm to point at Garland. "He's spreading it loose in the world. He can't just drown in his own despair, he has to force it on everyone else, drag all of us down with him, because one hope is enough to make him think all his pain isn't real. This world won't be freed from it while he is still standing."
"We won't fight against you." Louder, hoping that she can get her point of view through to the whole group. "Because you're still a hero, just like us. You're still trying, damn it. You're trying to stand between this world and destruction. But if your fight is to free this world, you have to start with him." She lets her arm drop. "We'll fight with you. You don't have to stand there alone."