[This is why? Maybe he could have summoned Lortel to his side if he'd only known-- No. This isn't a video game! It may not even be a dream, worse than a nightmare. He wants to disappear. He wants to fall asleep, or wake up, or die - anything but this!
[They're followed by four beasts. Sunny doesn't notice himself doing it, but as they run, a cloak appears around them, stealing their image from the landscape, leaving only the glass forest ahead reflected back at the pursuing beasts. At once, they all stop, confused, "heads" whipping around in search of Sunny and Lortel. It's around this time that Sunny's legs give out. He collapses onto his knees in the leaves.
[He freezes up. The beasts are still sniffing. Sunny stays very, very still...]
cw: suicidal ideation
[They're followed by four beasts. Sunny doesn't notice himself doing it, but as they run, a cloak appears around them, stealing their image from the landscape, leaving only the glass forest ahead reflected back at the pursuing beasts. At once, they all stop, confused, "heads" whipping around in search of Sunny and Lortel. It's around this time that Sunny's legs give out. He collapses onto his knees in the leaves.
[He freezes up. The beasts are still sniffing. Sunny stays very, very still...]