| Who: Barbara Gordon, and OPEN What; Reacting to the arena Where: District 11 quarters. Also, common area. When; The final week of tournament Warnings/Notes: lol this is late. ;; (RL things happened.)
There was a surprising amount of numbness involved in coming back to life. Barbara's eyes opened, but she didn't pay attention to what she was seeing. People were rushing all around her, but she didn't pay any attention to what they were saying. At some point she got up and started walking.
Eventually, she became aware of something, beyond the fuzz of people walking by. A dark pulse of energy beating beneath her surface, like a second heart. Harder. Larger. She turned it over idly in her mind's eye, imaginary fingertips skimming across the surface. Anger, pain, hurt, grief. she felt a little sob trying to work its way out of her throat, catching in her sealed lips. She trembled.
Why was this so hard?
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