Two Arms

[Lucid Dreaming failed.]

[Lucid Dreaming enforced.]

Well, it wasn't like I hadn't failed some nights when I was a Dreamwalker. No reason to…

[You have taken eight points of Emotional Damage. 22/30 Serenity remain.]

I tried to throw myself flat; I tried dodging. Little sawblades made of hatred whirled about and through me. I was down by half before finding the closest edge of the cloud of killblades; I didn't make it.

[You are now at -2/30 Serenity and will…]

Something I'd learned after my first life. Insane people and those being driven by their emotions rather than the other way around… not the best decisions.

[You are now awake.]

Oh gods, what had I done? I was RIGHT THERE, so close to vengeance. Right. There. And of course, I'd bungled it.

It was no less than I deserved.