“Come on,” he said, his voice hoarse, “Don’t have long.  I-  Damn it!”

What do you mean you don’t have long? Is this a temporary power boost?

His darkness flowed out from his skin, heavier than I’d ever seen it, slow to expand, but it seemed to generate itself.  It slithered through me yet again.  Slithered through my bugs.

I wonder, if Taylor were to be outside the darkness but the bugs were in it, would it interfere with her control of those bugs?

It was minutes before the darkness dissipated.  When it did, Tattletale was standing.  Parian was standing on the other side of the room, eyes wide.

Huh, now he’s healing through the darkness?

The three Travellers were huddled together.

“What the hell was that?” I asked.  “Brian, hey-”

You okay, Brian?

Let’s hope this didn’t burn out what life he had left, right after it spent a lot of his energy pulling him together.

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