Thy drugs are quick. - Thus with a kiss I die...
He can still feel Peter's kiss on his lips. That seems to be the important thing just now.
Not how hard it is to stand, to even breathe, or that he can't hear the music or the voices of the other actors... Just that one last kiss.
He stumbles. He falls, lands hard enough to knock the breath out of him.
It doesn't register at first that he's no longer on stage, he's no longer at St. Cecilia's or any place he would recognize. It doesn't register either that he's died.
Not how hard it is to stand, to even breathe, or that he can't hear the music or the voices of the other actors... Just that one last kiss.
He stumbles. He falls, lands hard enough to knock the breath out of him.
It doesn't register at first that he's no longer on stage, he's no longer at St. Cecilia's or any place he would recognize. It doesn't register either that he's died.