[ The smell hits him like a physical force, but Arcade barely flinches. He's dealt with worse. Or at least he can tell himself that. The alienness of it, at least, makes it harder to compare - to burnt bodies or flesh poisoned by more familiar radiation, envenomated bites and infected wounds, all of the ugliest triage that ever came through the Fort.
He drops his bag clear of the mess - it doesn't look safe to touch, glowing like that, but he reaches for Jayce's hands, anyway. His panicking isn't going to make this any better. ]
Because I'm all ears. Hey - don't look down, look at me.
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[ The smell hits him like a physical force, but Arcade barely flinches. He's dealt with worse. Or at least he can tell himself that. The alienness of it, at least, makes it harder to compare - to burnt bodies or flesh poisoned by more familiar radiation, envenomated bites and infected wounds, all of the ugliest triage that ever came through the Fort.
He drops his bag clear of the mess - it doesn't look safe to touch, glowing like that, but he reaches for Jayce's hands, anyway. His panicking isn't going to make this any better. ]
Because I'm all ears. Hey - don't look down, look at me.