[Onni doesn't reach Lalli before he's already running at the thing.
And because he doesn't reach Lalli in time, there are so many things he doesn't have a chance to tell him before his cousin is jumping into battle against a massive mutated monster. He doesn't have a chance to tell him that they're too far from home to call on their gods, that they can only use the strength and ability of their luonto to do anything that their hands and bodies can't do on their own. He doesn't have a chance to explain the algae that had caused this after having run into it himself, to explain how it works, that he should cover his mouth and nose with a cloth or wear a mask to keep it out so it doesn't affect his mind.
There was no way to do any of those things, because he had arrived too late, and before that, he had lied, and Lalli can still barely look at him, let alone talk to him or listen to him.
It leaves him with no other option than to dig into his bag and pull on the mask Reynir had given him when they first arrived, his heart pounding and his chest rising and falling heavily as the adrenaline pulses through his system. Onni has never been brave, he's never been a fighter, he isn't fearless and resilient like his cousin is, but when he's pushed, when he has to, when his family is in danger, he doesn't let his fear stop him.
Tipping his wooden spear into his hand, he takes a deep breath, narrows his eyes, and charges forward, shouting.]
Lalli! That red will make your mind strange, even though you're Immune!
[It's the first thing he warns about because Lalli is used to being immune to this sort of mind- and body-twisting infection, might not think to avoid it. It seems more immediate and foreign. Lalli is intelligent enough to know how far they are from their gods and how that might affect his magic.]
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And because he doesn't reach Lalli in time, there are so many things he doesn't have a chance to tell him before his cousin is jumping into battle against a massive mutated monster. He doesn't have a chance to tell him that they're too far from home to call on their gods, that they can only use the strength and ability of their luonto to do anything that their hands and bodies can't do on their own. He doesn't have a chance to explain the algae that had caused this after having run into it himself, to explain how it works, that he should cover his mouth and nose with a cloth or wear a mask to keep it out so it doesn't affect his mind.
There was no way to do any of those things, because he had arrived too late, and before that, he had lied, and Lalli can still barely look at him, let alone talk to him or listen to him.
It leaves him with no other option than to dig into his bag and pull on the mask Reynir had given him when they first arrived, his heart pounding and his chest rising and falling heavily as the adrenaline pulses through his system. Onni has never been brave, he's never been a fighter, he isn't fearless and resilient like his cousin is, but when he's pushed, when he has to, when his family is in danger, he doesn't let his fear stop him.
Tipping his wooden spear into his hand, he takes a deep breath, narrows his eyes, and charges forward, shouting.]
Lalli! That red will make your mind strange, even though you're Immune!
[It's the first thing he warns about because Lalli is used to being immune to this sort of mind- and body-twisting infection, might not think to avoid it. It seems more immediate and foreign. Lalli is intelligent enough to know how far they are from their gods and how that might affect his magic.]