the avatar state / implies emotional pain / or perfect control

[roc_on]

Jun did a show last night, so maybe he's holding it together well enough to do a lesson today. It'd sure help take Beila's mind off things; maybe it'd do the same for him. She can always fly away again if he's not feeling it.

Knock knock?

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[in_silk]

"I think so too," says Spider. He smiles a little, dropping his eyes to the floor. "It was nice meeting you, big brother."

[fiery_delights]

Jun laughs softly.

"Yeah," he says. "Same to you."

And he breathes lightning. No warning, no extraneous movement of any kind. It's bright and loud, but over very quickly.

[in_silk]

Spider is pretty definitively not alive anymore.

[thinklikethis]

Dao bursts into tears and runs out of the room, toward the back door.

[roc_on]

Beila watches him go, then grits her teeth and sends a more urgent-marked message to her dad.

[fiery_delights]

Jun looks pensively at what's left of his little brother.

[roc_on]

A few minutes later there's a siren, and a swarm of cops and a medical examiner and a lot of fuss and questions.

Beila and Jun get to walk away.