[ When Carlisle stammers out his name like that, turning to jelly with fear and then bolting away, Reynir draws what to him is the natural conclusion. He whirls around, ready to see a huge monster behind him, rearing up for attack. His heart is already racing, ready for battle, reaching for the shapes of different runes in his mind to protect them...
...but there's nothing. Nothing in the sky, nothing beneath the surface of the water lurking, nothing. And his fylgja, crucially, is sitting at his heels, tongue sticking out dumbly, fluffy tail wagging. No sign of distress there at all.
Reynir looks back over just in time to see Carlisle getting up from where he'd fallen and cowering behind a tree. He quickly comes after him, calling out: ]
Carlisle, what- are you alright?
[ But he is so clearly not alright. When Reynir comes closer he hears what he's saying, sees the way Carlisle is hiding his face and shaking all over like a leaf. He reaches out instinctively to put a hand on Carlisle's back, to rub it gently, but he remembers at the last moment Carlisle isn't really fond of being touched. So he withdraws, face fretful and pale, and asks, softly: ]
What's wrong, what happened? Carlisle, please- talk to me!
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...but there's nothing. Nothing in the sky, nothing beneath the surface of the water lurking, nothing. And his fylgja, crucially, is sitting at his heels, tongue sticking out dumbly, fluffy tail wagging. No sign of distress there at all.
Reynir looks back over just in time to see Carlisle getting up from where he'd fallen and cowering behind a tree. He quickly comes after him, calling out: ]
Carlisle, what- are you alright?
[ But he is so clearly not alright. When Reynir comes closer he hears what he's saying, sees the way Carlisle is hiding his face and shaking all over like a leaf. He reaches out instinctively to put a hand on Carlisle's back, to rub it gently, but he remembers at the last moment Carlisle isn't really fond of being touched. So he withdraws, face fretful and pale, and asks, softly: ]
What's wrong, what happened? Carlisle, please- talk to me!