"the first miracle was that you were born" | HEART GAME

[miraculess]

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Darkness. Quiet. A heartbeat. Your heartbeat. Slowly, the murmur of sound. Footsteps. Voices—

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Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

Again, he gets that glimpse of someone rushing out.

Re: the laboratory

[eldestt]

[ . . . FOLLOWING? as quietly as he can ]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

Even with his attempts to be quiet, the sound of footsteps echo loudly, as does the swish of cloth; it sounds almost like whispers.

The door opens to a hall, lined with doors; they're all shut except the one on the far end, which the woman is already slipping through.