The others panicked. Pin tried to drive a spike through her own surface to “let the bad air out,” but her face only rippled like water. Coiny clung to her, his own expression flickering between joy and despair so fast it became a single, agonized gray.
“Don’t look at me!” she cried to Firey, who hovered nearby, his flame face crackling in confusion. “It’s the face ! It’s not me! It’s never been me! It’s just a drawing, a trick, a—” bfdi face
Leafy, the kindest of them all, watched as her own gentle smile began to curl into a sneer she couldn't control. She ran to the edge of Dream Island, where the flat horizon met the void. The others panicked