[It's hard for Yancy not to do it either, to chase Raleigh's rabbits and then lead him back to his own. It's been even longer since he was in the Drift, Raleigh at least has some recent experience with it where Yancy is grasping at memories and instructions that are almost a decade old.
Don't chase the rabbits. Listen to the silence. Focus. Be the silence. Don't chase don't chase don't chase.
he's five and waiting in the hallway with raleigh for their baby sister to be born-- beep beep beep wait doctor! he's flat lining-- raleigh i'm sorry-- don't put your thumb in your fist, kid that's a sure way to break it when you punch something, hold it like this-- what's your name son? john smith-- we did it kid, we fucking did it, first one for the record books-- raleigh listen to me--
And then it's quiet. Yancy opens his eyes and he doesn't see what he expected, he sees ash falling on an abandoned street, there's a muted siren going off somewhere and he's fairly certain he's never seen this city before. Never been on the ground level of a kaiju attack before. Only ever seen them on TV or been in the Jaeger.]
Rals? [He knows Raleigh is there, can feel him in and pushing against his mind.] Where the hell are we?
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Don't chase the rabbits. Listen to the silence. Focus. Be the silence. Don't chase don't chase don't chase.
he's five and waiting in the hallway with raleigh for their baby sister to be born-- beep beep beep wait doctor! he's flat lining-- raleigh i'm sorry-- don't put your thumb in your fist, kid that's a sure way to break it when you punch something, hold it like this-- what's your name son? john smith-- we did it kid, we fucking did it, first one for the record books-- raleigh listen to me--
And then it's quiet. Yancy opens his eyes and he doesn't see what he expected, he sees ash falling on an abandoned street, there's a muted siren going off somewhere and he's fairly certain he's never seen this city before. Never been on the ground level of a kaiju attack before. Only ever seen them on TV or been in the Jaeger.]
Rals? [He knows Raleigh is there, can feel him in and pushing against his mind.] Where the hell are we?