[ Their silence is born much more of pain and exhaustion than anything else; they're still at least mostly-conscious, but too worn down, too numb to have all that much to say.
Being "rescued" hasn't done anything to wipe away the agony of what they were experiencing just before. The horrible, horrible fear and pain, being faced with the choice of eternity as a puppet or destruction, the sudden horrible realization that there was no chance for them to ever have a life outside of Showfall... the fact that the decision wasn't even in their own hands to begin with.
How much of this escape is real? None of the previous escape attempt was. Is this another trick? Another plot twist for the show? Ranboo can't summon the energy to cry out anymore, to plead for death. So they hang almost limp in the grasp of this shadow of themselves, quiet other than the occasional pained whimper when they're held at an angle that isn't particularly kind to their severe wounds. ]
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Being "rescued" hasn't done anything to wipe away the agony of what they were experiencing just before. The horrible, horrible fear and pain, being faced with the choice of eternity as a puppet or destruction, the sudden horrible realization that there was no chance for them to ever have a life outside of Showfall... the fact that the decision wasn't even in their own hands to begin with.
How much of this escape is real? None of the previous escape attempt was. Is this another trick? Another plot twist for the show? Ranboo can't summon the energy to cry out anymore, to plead for death. So they hang almost limp in the grasp of this shadow of themselves, quiet other than the occasional pained whimper when they're held at an angle that isn't particularly kind to their severe wounds. ]