[ The rest is cut off when a similarly searing pain splits across Gus's skull, and he devolves into a stream of French curses, one hand instinctively reaching to try to support Iona while the other grapples with the wall. ]
—Come on, we need to find a place where the voice doesn't echo as much...!
[ Or else they'll suffocate under it, he fancies. He tugs Iona to the side, brows furrowing over narrowed eyes as he realizes that they've come to a fork in the passage: one leads up, the other further down. ]
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[ The rest is cut off when a similarly searing pain splits across Gus's skull, and he devolves into a stream of French curses, one hand instinctively reaching to try to support Iona while the other grapples with the wall. ]
—Come on, we need to find a place where the voice doesn't echo as much...!
[ Or else they'll suffocate under it, he fancies. He tugs Iona to the side, brows furrowing over narrowed eyes as he realizes that they've come to a fork in the passage: one leads up, the other further down. ]