（ he's felt a drain on his energy before. in severmeretha, where being one of only two divine aspects left in the material universe means that it's bled out of him by degrees. in abbrenon, when they caught him off guard with the wards. so while he is not strictly speaking braced for the sensation the way one holds fast for a blow, he has still experienced a a variety of ways it might feel, and is prepared. there is a shiver of something like panic, that animal awareness that recognizes danger innate to a threat. auhle was helpless once, and to have killed him would be kinder. cy has himself been under the power of others — but helplessness is a skin long sloughed away.
he can tell immediately that this ability of sasuke's is a weapon. it feels a little like a metaphoric knife at his throat, but he bares it just the same. when the drain becomes a scouring roar, he covers sasuke's hand with his own and lifts his right to gently cup at his face, shifting upwards to kiss him. ）
It's okay.
（ a soft murmur in chiskikani, tao cie. transliterated, it might mean more bright day. ）
cw: suicidality
he can tell immediately that this ability of sasuke's is a weapon. it feels a little like a metaphoric knife at his throat, but he bares it just the same. when the drain becomes a scouring roar, he covers sasuke's hand with his own and lifts his right to gently cup at his face, shifting upwards to kiss him. ）
It's okay.
（ a soft murmur in chiskikani, tao cie. transliterated, it might mean more bright day. ）
Just stay with me.