Im running, not the fastest I’ve ever ran, not nearly, hell maybe not even the fastest I’ve ran this week but still much faster than I anticipated when I chose these shoes this morning. **There are still yells ringing out in the distance as I push my way through the trees**, I can only hope Ari is following me. There is no reasonable explanation for this so I won’t try and make one.

That being said this is somewhat my fault, of course not all my fault, infact hardly my fault at all.. really.

‘Maybe this is what they were talking about when they said I avoid responsibility’, that really isn’t my problem right now

Anyway- god These shoes are killing me, I think the tailor was trying to save lether when he was making these. **i turn beginning to decend down the steep and muddied hill side avoiding trees as I go.** This is my fault, this is all my fault, it was too bright to try and go back in there, to early in the day far far too early.

I think Ari is catching up to me, you know he’s getting faster, and the shouts (from enforcers and bystanders alike) are getting more distant. Ari’s however are only getting clearer, I would respond if only my lungs weren’t burning. **The incline was somehow only getting steeper but it’s clear enough that I can slide down parts easily enough.**

**Just as I take a breath at a somewhat horizontal break in the cliff and begin to shout back I hear a shot ring out, looking down I see a net hit and subsequently entangle itself around the tree beside my foot. I gasp at the sound of it snapping into place and I pull my foot back stumbling slightly only to put my foot back down onto, nothing? **

There’s the familer feeling, that drop in my stomach, it’s such a high so long as there’s a feeling after it of course, how else could you know. For the first time though I’m not sure there is. All too suddenly I can see where I was standing, i can see the incline I was trying to get down, i can see the metal welded to the toe end of both my shoes.

I fall and I feel red, and hot. Then cold, its so cold

“COLBY?” i hear my name from somewhere.

Ari? It’s dark down here, **I open my eyes to see him drop down the last meter of rock before turning vaguely in my direction and calling out again**. you still need to get out of here you know what are you doing coming this way.?

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**This text**

Is real things the not bold text is inner monologue. I’m sorry this isn’t good I just took Melatonin and probably will not remember writing this 💙

Ps I am dyslexic so I’m sorry for the spelling and grammar