Victor's eyes are misting up, too, and she has to force herself to keep her voice steady. "You'll be fine, Ed. We'll heal you. We've got the power of the multiverse behind us. We've got magic--"
Then Clark gets bit and she starts crying in earnest. Everything's getting out of hand. She just stole a child's father from him. Her failures are killing people.
"April, I-I, I didn't know, I--" She thought that since magic didn't work in that world, that the zompires had to be medical, not magical. If she'd had any idea, any idea at all.... Her best friend is going to die. And there's nothing she can do about it.
Guilt fills her stomach like heavy stones. "I'm sorry." She stumbles backwards, cane slipping from her grasp and hitting the floor with a clatter. "I'm sorry."
Her usual ability to be calm, to be a leader during a crisis is shattered, and now it's all she can do to stay standing. All she can do to remember to breathe.
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Then Clark gets bit and she starts crying in earnest. Everything's getting out of hand. She just stole a child's father from him. Her failures are killing people.
"April, I-I, I didn't know, I--" She thought that since magic didn't work in that world, that the zompires had to be medical, not magical. If she'd had any idea, any idea at all.... Her best friend is going to die. And there's nothing she can do about it.
Guilt fills her stomach like heavy stones. "I'm sorry." She stumbles backwards, cane slipping from her grasp and hitting the floor with a clatter. "I'm sorry."
Her usual ability to be calm, to be a leader during a crisis is shattered, and now it's all she can do to stay standing. All she can do to remember to breathe.