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Blood staining the cobblestones. The spiked spearhead that had torn through muscle and flesh.
A gaping hole in his chest. Sinew clinging hopelessly to broken ribs. The death rattle Warriors could both hear and see as blood poured from his lips.
His body growing cold in Warriors’ arms.
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Gasping breaths as torn lungs tried their hardest-
“I’m… sorry…”
“...but don’t tell… them.”
Tears rolled down Hyrule’s face. He’d never seen him cry before.
It was the last thing Warriors would see him do.
Should he sing? Offer sweet words of nothing? Lie and say everything would be okay?
The body went still after releasing a final breath. Moss-colored eyes stared up at nothing.
All he could do was shout and yell as his own frame shook, calling on any deity that would listen to please take him instead of one of the boys-
His hands trembled as he carefully drew the other’s eyes closed.
Then he blinked. And any trace of Hyrule vanished. No body in his arms. No blood stuck to his clothes.
Warriors returned to camp, alone. Half-present, half-caught up in memories (in a nightmare?).
He saw Hyrule sat beside Wild, a mischievous grin on his face.