[Before Nick can get another word in, there's a sickening crack, and the double goes limp -- she's gone before she hits the floor, leaving only him and Shadow.
He doesn't have to see the hedgehog's face to know what might be going through his mind, how he's feeling. Nick remembers how he took Kain's death, something he'd had to do in self-defense. This wasn't exactly the same -- this wasn't the real Maketh overcome by demons. She may have had the face of a friend, but this was just some copy, something pretending to be her... pretending to be human. Nick knows all about that.
He hobbles to Shadow's side slowly, reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder in gentle reassurance.]
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He doesn't have to see the hedgehog's face to know what might be going through his mind, how he's feeling. Nick remembers how he took Kain's death, something he'd had to do in self-defense. This wasn't exactly the same -- this wasn't the real Maketh overcome by demons. She may have had the face of a friend, but this was just some copy, something pretending to be her... pretending to be human. Nick knows all about that.
He hobbles to Shadow's side slowly, reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder in gentle reassurance.]