"Poe, Poe. They can't hurt you. I'm going to protect you," she says it evenly, without fear in her voice because she has the benefit of knowing that this isn't real, that those shadows, as terrifying as they seem, can't cause her any harm. Nor can they truly hurt him.
It only works for a moment, her encouragement, her reassurances before they are back on the ship. Her hands grab his and she holds them tight as the barracks fade away. Okay, time to change tactics. If she can't get him to think of somewhere safe, she'll drag him there.
She closes her eyes and thinks of the Falls. The darkness of the ship is replaced by the evening light of Virginia. The lights on the Finalizer are replaced by the soft, twinkling lights that hang above the bridge.
She won't be able to keep it up too long, this is his mind and she can't force him to see a place he's never been for long. "Poe," she urges him softly, without urgency. "Open you eyes. We're safe. Look. We're safe." But his brain has the power to pull them back to the nightmare if it won't accept her vision of peace and tranquility.
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It only works for a moment, her encouragement, her reassurances before they are back on the ship. Her hands grab his and she holds them tight as the barracks fade away. Okay, time to change tactics. If she can't get him to think of somewhere safe, she'll drag him there.
She closes her eyes and thinks of the Falls. The darkness of the ship is replaced by the evening light of Virginia. The lights on the Finalizer are replaced by the soft, twinkling lights that hang above the bridge.
She won't be able to keep it up too long, this is his mind and she can't force him to see a place he's never been for long. "Poe," she urges him softly, without urgency. "Open you eyes. We're safe. Look. We're safe." But his brain has the power to pull them back to the nightmare if it won't accept her vision of peace and tranquility.