[The black spots slowly clear from Lisa's sight. She's... tired, and in pain, and a little low on reserves besides. There's no way she can keep fighting if the shadow decides it's in for round two, not that she thought she'd get until the end of round one. And yet... as she starts to understand what she's seeing, she's just more confused. Did she get taken out, and this is a little-d dream of how it could have been? No... no, she can still feel the power coursing through her, just a little. She's still here. Still... kinda-sorta in it? Then what's going on?
Why isn't the Torment finishing her off?
There really are only a couple reasons, right? They're Torments, they just kinda go. They're not math-and-science-smart kinda things. So it should be tearing her apart the rest of the way. Then... either it's lost interest and it's going to just leave....... or it isn't a Torment. But if it isn't a Torment, what is it? Lisa frantically works her brain for anything it can come up with- the shadow on the elevator. That wasn't Hibiki at all, but it was something her mind created whole cloth and that got fed into a Torment. Just like the shadow of her was created from Zeke, even if it was a terrible imitation... imitation? This fought too well. What if it isn't an imitation, but-]
Hi- [She coughs; a little bit of blood comes out onto the hand she can barely lift to cover her mouth. If she's badly hurt enough for the Dream to simulate this, she's in trouble. She has to be right-] Hibiki... is that you? I'm so- [another cough-] so sorry.
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Why isn't the Torment finishing her off?
There really are only a couple reasons, right? They're Torments, they just kinda go. They're not math-and-science-smart kinda things. So it should be tearing her apart the rest of the way. Then... either it's lost interest and it's going to just leave....... or it isn't a Torment. But if it isn't a Torment, what is it? Lisa frantically works her brain for anything it can come up with- the shadow on the elevator. That wasn't Hibiki at all, but it was something her mind created whole cloth and that got fed into a Torment. Just like the shadow of her was created from Zeke, even if it was a terrible imitation... imitation? This fought too well. What if it isn't an imitation, but-]
Hi- [She coughs; a little bit of blood comes out onto the hand she can barely lift to cover her mouth. If she's badly hurt enough for the Dream to simulate this, she's in trouble. She has to be right-] Hibiki... is that you? I'm so- [another cough-] so sorry.