Lavi is also in enough pain to think that he's dead too. He grabs at his head and can't remember to breathe -- the pain whites out his focus, makes him forget -- which is something he can never do, not as a Bookman. Even as a Junior.
But eventually, he does remember to breathe, and he gulps in as much air as possible, dropping his hands where his fingers come away bloody -- ow, right -- the blow to the head and to the knee, but otherwise -- miraculously, he's still mostly unharmed. He's still got those arrows, but they won't impede him.
More importantly, he gathers the bloodied name-plate from his other self, and uses the hammer to lever himself up, leaning against it.]
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Lavi is also in enough pain to think that he's dead too. He grabs at his head and can't remember to breathe -- the pain whites out his focus, makes him forget -- which is something he can never do, not as a Bookman. Even as a Junior.
But eventually, he does remember to breathe, and he gulps in as much air as possible, dropping his hands where his fingers come away bloody -- ow, right -- the blow to the head and to the knee, but otherwise -- miraculously, he's still mostly unharmed. He's still got those arrows, but they won't impede him.
More importantly, he gathers the bloodied name-plate from his other self, and uses the hammer to lever himself up, leaning against it.]