[ blood spills out of the gaping wound in aventurine's chest as the little brat takes her time deciding whether she'd like to accept ratio's offering of arms. he scrapes his nails along the floor as he starts to spasm, his body beginning to go into shock, ] ...d- doc, please. [ she eventually slithers out and into his arms, biting him a few times here and there for no real reason. ]

Ver, Verta... Vrrta... [ his words slur as everything starts to feel heavy. still, he says fuck it and opens his eyes. he has to blink away the tears, but he's relieved to just see ratio. ] ...th- there ya're.