Any other day, Chrono might have simply powered through them. Knocked them flat, bolted- his brain is halfway through sending that command before he halts himself, remembering how ineffective (and unwise) that would be right now.
Instead his grip on Oz's arm tightens, helplessly, as the guard...
Very calmly, very mechanically, plucks both of them off the floor and settles one under each arm (both light enough that it's hardly any effort at all). It's all so anti-climatic that Chrono doesn't even bother to struggle.
With a nod to the scientist, who offers little more than continued, angry muttering, the guard turns on his heel and begins dragging them back through the bowels of the compound.]
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Any other day, Chrono might have simply powered through them. Knocked them flat, bolted- his brain is halfway through sending that command before he halts himself, remembering how ineffective (and unwise) that would be right now.
Instead his grip on Oz's arm tightens, helplessly, as the guard...
Very calmly, very mechanically, plucks both of them off the floor and settles one under each arm (both light enough that it's hardly any effort at all). It's all so anti-climatic that Chrono doesn't even bother to struggle.
With a nod to the scientist, who offers little more than continued, angry muttering, the guard turns on his heel and begins dragging them back through the bowels of the compound.]