[It's what he needs. Time has stopped, but Dirk is careful even though Hotaru may not feel it. Meticulous, slow, he disconnects her soul from her body. He pulls it out, that entity, the thing of Hotaru, what makes her who she is. A slight, flickering light. A fragile firefly, pulsing and delicate.
But what he pulls out is not just her. There's a counterforce, a vicious pull. Every soul he has ever seen has shown energy radiating outwards, but the second thing in here is the energy of being drawn inwards, consumed and destroyed.
Dirk takes a deep breath, Jake's power supporting him, and starts to untangle the souls from one another. He destroys what binds them.]
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But what he pulls out is not just her. There's a counterforce, a vicious pull. Every soul he has ever seen has shown energy radiating outwards, but the second thing in here is the energy of being drawn inwards, consumed and destroyed.
Dirk takes a deep breath, Jake's power supporting him, and starts to untangle the souls from one another. He destroys what binds them.]