( but it's familiar to invoke b rabbit, easy as falling, and natural after all this time — the length of time being contracted, he might say, even unknowing precisely how long that really is — and so there's only a slight hesitation before he does, maybe unnoticeable.
(maybe the held breath is unnoticeable, too.)
but, of course, the chain doesn't fail to surface — there's the characteristic jangle of physical chains, floating impossibly and circling oz in lazy arcs, and the scythe materializes in turn, massive and the color of blood, just like his newly slitted eyes. and if the power swells for a moment, it's only because it's been a long time since b rabbit has been so unencumbered. they did something, he's said more than once since september, but there's no sign of it now. )
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(maybe the held breath is unnoticeable, too.)
but, of course, the chain doesn't fail to surface — there's the characteristic jangle of physical chains, floating impossibly and circling oz in lazy arcs, and the scythe materializes in turn, massive and the color of blood, just like his newly slitted eyes. and if the power swells for a moment, it's only because it's been a long time since b rabbit has been so unencumbered. they did something, he's said more than once since september, but there's no sign of it now. )