He swung the shard into himself without any restraint, plunging the fragment into his gut. It was a pain unlike any other; every muscle tensed with such intensity it felt as though his entire body was ripping itself apart.
"Nnnaaagh…!" An agonized groan turned into a scream as he keeled over.
Out from his pores, a black substance oozed as his mind scrambled, his senses in turmoil as the air around him felt hot and fuzzy, breathed into his lungs like a silk. The asphalt at his fingertips felt like puddy, unable to find a grip as he coughed, wheezed, then spat up.
From the depths of his being, the dark bile spewed out endlessly as his mind struggled to form a coherent thought.
[All internal organs failing. Brain fu–tion c-mp–ized.]
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