[ For a moment, Will is unable to tell if he's awake or asleep. Reality for him is a hazy thing, full of images that aren't quite there and things he shouldn't see. So, when he realizes he is here, noose around his neck, blindfold around his eyes, it doesn't scare him but it does give him a moment of doubt. Really, how many times has he dreamed of his own death before? It's a shock that it's finally happening.
Then Percy's voice cuts in and that's all Will needs to hear to tip the scales to awake. The blindfold doesn't do much for Will, his imagination filling the gaps. He can feel the emotion in the air, soak it up like a sponge, the disgust and the fear and the bone-deep exhaustion. He can hear the ravenstag behind him, breath heavy and smelling of raw, rancid meat. He can feel Percy who --
Asks him about suffocating.
Will can't help the smile that slides across his face, fond despite it all. Of course he asks about suffocation when isn't it Percy who is feeling the pressure closing in on him? He wonders if Percy knows how to drown. ]
Does it matter? Either I breathe or I don't. I've been falling long enough that a noose doesn't change the impact.
[ He is glad then, that he told Percy how they die. Or how they live, if Hannibal has his way. ]
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Then Percy's voice cuts in and that's all Will needs to hear to tip the scales to awake. The blindfold doesn't do much for Will, his imagination filling the gaps. He can feel the emotion in the air, soak it up like a sponge, the disgust and the fear and the bone-deep exhaustion. He can hear the ravenstag behind him, breath heavy and smelling of raw, rancid meat. He can feel Percy who --
Asks him about suffocating.
Will can't help the smile that slides across his face, fond despite it all. Of course he asks about suffocation when isn't it Percy who is feeling the pressure closing in on him? He wonders if Percy knows how to drown. ]
Does it matter? Either I breathe or I don't. I've been falling long enough that a noose doesn't change the impact.
[ He is glad then, that he told Percy how they die. Or how they live, if Hannibal has his way. ]