[Dan's more than calm. Dan's alive in this moment, energized by the life-or-death stakes, loving being in that state of mind where the future doesn't matter, only the next split-second decision.]
Thanks, [he gasps, breathless from the effort of holding onto the panicking horse and steering her and coughing on the smoke - but soon, the smoke clears. The monsters are behind them, trying to regroup from being trampled by a very large, very spooked animal.
They have a clear shot out, so long as they make it fast. The treeline isn't that far, and Dan knows the Sisters and their monsters haven't been following people in there. He urges the horse faster; the horse gallops at top speed.]
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Thanks, [he gasps, breathless from the effort of holding onto the panicking horse and steering her and coughing on the smoke - but soon, the smoke clears. The monsters are behind them, trying to regroup from being trampled by a very large, very spooked animal.
They have a clear shot out, so long as they make it fast. The treeline isn't that far, and Dan knows the Sisters and their monsters haven't been following people in there. He urges the horse faster; the horse gallops at top speed.]