[Kyna doesn't do contingency plans at the best of times, and that's why in any other situation, she would have followed Wash's lead. Right now, she's still reeling from Harlan's death, as much as she's trying not to think about it. In the back of her mind is the fear that Hope might never come back and Harlan might never be revived. In what little thinking she did before jumping in front of Wash, all she cared about was making sure nothing happened to him, regardless of the consequences for herself.
She knows she screwed up. She fights the urge to flinch when he lifts her and fails, and she's about to start apologizing when she feels the telltale seep of magic into her wound. Oh. It's working, enough to dull the pain and stop the bleeding.]
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She knows she screwed up. She fights the urge to flinch when he lifts her and fails, and she's about to start apologizing when she feels the telltale seep of magic into her wound. Oh. It's working, enough to dull the pain and stop the bleeding.]
Holy shit.