Karla fled towards the dorms, running as if there were Hell-hounds flat on her heels. Just a little bit further, she thought. Just a little bit faster… She was flagging, and quickly, but she reached down deep in her reserves and dredged up enough energy for one last little burst of speed.
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Too bad it was impossible to outrun one’s own fragmenting mind. )
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She quickly slipped out of the room to keep from waking Leonard, waiting until she was in the hall to breathe again, and quickly zeroed in on Raven. "You heard it too, didn't you?"
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"Do it," she said simply, looking up at Raven. "Whatever it takes."
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She beckoned to Francine and Katchoo to come closer to her and Emma. "This will not hurt you," she said, "but you may find it easier to close your eyes. It will also be cold."
She lifted her arms, and the black shadow wings of her Soul-Self spread out from her body, wrapping around the other three women and enveloping them in darkness. If they didn't close their eyes, it would seem like they were standing on stepping stones in a vast cosmos, but only for a brief moment, before they appeared on the causeway.
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