"Rayah!?"
He stuttered, his senses going from blank to wide awake.
His body stopped falling, suspended in mid air by a cold, tight grasp. Her hair, a dusty white waved above him like dancing clouds. Stretched out from her sides he saw shards of ice crystalized into thin wings.
They were not flying, but slowly gliding down to the earth below.
Her breathing was heavy, he could hear every breath even through the whipping wind and the screams of that monster… He knew exactly the reason why…
He looked at her sides and hips, gashes of blood still leaked open from what he made her go through. Yet even still…
Through the dust raining from her hair, he tried to look more clearly, but her face pointed upwards was hidden by her chin and the obscure dark night. Not even Joseph could predict what went through her mind.
He took a moment to himself, snapping back to this surreal reality.
And with a deep breath, he spoke…
"Why did you save me?"
…
There was silence—
…
