I was...falling. The last thing I remember was running, running as fast as I could. I knew he was going to try and kill the guard, and I just...I couldn’t stand there and watch. There were too many deaths at my feet, too many deaths on my hands, too much blood. It was all too much, and I couldn’t do it. Not anymore, not again. No more deaths, not for those undeserving. My body moved without my knowledge, my feet faster than air, and I realized distantly that I was using air, the element, the element I’ve never tried to use before, to push me faster. I used the other element I’ve never had before, Earth, to ground me, lock me against the guard, hold me in place. I made it, just in time. I felt the blade, I felt the sting, but after that, I felt no more. Darkness crashed into me faster than
