[It doesn't require a leap of greater intuition to see that something is wrong with Jonas. He twitches back a half-step when his sleeve is grabbed, the slightest show of surprise for it, but he doesn't force Jonas back from him. Not with that terrified look on the other boy's face. There are more important issues afoot than personal space.]
Away from here. Follow me. [He uses his captured sleeve to tow Jonas, if he's able, further from the pier.] Take a deep breath, nothing will happen to you while I'm here.
[Confidence in his own abilities is what allows him to make this promise, even as one of the vengeful, howling spirits plummets from the sky in a direct line toward them — as if scenting Jonas' fear and malleability as a host. Gentleness swiftly abandoned, he hooks his right arm around Jonas' middle and hauls him out of the way of its trajectory, knocking him solidly onto the ground.]
Stay down, [comes hissed. Sasuke shields him from view, crouched above, eyes tracking the ghost as it soars over their heads with a blood-curdling scream.] Don't move.
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Away from here. Follow me. [He uses his captured sleeve to tow Jonas, if he's able, further from the pier.] Take a deep breath, nothing will happen to you while I'm here.
[Confidence in his own abilities is what allows him to make this promise, even as one of the vengeful, howling spirits plummets from the sky in a direct line toward them — as if scenting Jonas' fear and malleability as a host. Gentleness swiftly abandoned, he hooks his right arm around Jonas' middle and hauls him out of the way of its trajectory, knocking him solidly onto the ground.]
Stay down, [comes hissed. Sasuke shields him from view, crouched above, eyes tracking the ghost as it soars over their heads with a blood-curdling scream.] Don't move.