The smell of smoke in the ventilation shafts was too intense for our masks to block out as much as they had outside. It was a little hard to soothe my anxiety when I couldn't breathe deeply without the smell of smoke ramping up my anxiety again. I could see the worry growing on Mae's face. I knew she would see through any attempt I would make to put on a brave act, so I didn't bother.
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Kolyver: The Storm, Part One
I walked as close to Mae and Xam as I could and tried to act like the lack of light in the maintenance shafts didn’t terrify me. I had been told my whole life that the dark wasn’t something to be afraid of but I think those people have never encountered something malevolent in the darkness. It was the biggest relief that my actual friends never poked fun at my phobia.
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