The sound of two more shots is what brings Seth's attention back to his surroundings. He turns and sees the guns pointed at him, and realises the shots were definitely fired at him, but with little use.
He also spots Daniel, and the look on his face does nothing but cause Seth more agony. He doesn't want him to have to see this, to see Seth like this. But he hardly has any alternative. Soon now, his strength will leave him and he'll be carted off somewhere. At this point he's sealed his fate.
At the uselessness of the two first shots and Daniel's orders to get back, none of them are advancing on him just yet. And then Seth has his second, terrible epiphany. He'd been so busy thinking about the power they know about, that he hadn't considered his original one. Of course, giving up his phasing won't help him any when it comes to avoiding imprisonment. It'll simply show them something else he can do. But it's a solution to his other problem.
He steps towards the woman who fired upon him, and she can shoot him as many times as she wants, it won't make a difference until he decides it does. He grabs her wrist, and doesn't even care what he's potentially condemning her to, she's merely the face of this fucked-up, heartless group of people, the object for Seth to project his anger and frustration onto, to get some relief for how unjust it all feels. The light shines bright and blinding, and the rush is both torture and exhilaration at once. He doesn't look at Daniel. Blocks his existence out completely from his mind.
As soon as the light fades, he lifts the gun once again and fires, and he wakes up with a start, drenched in sweat and breathing heavily, every muscle aching and his heart thumping, but finally, at last, he's home.
tw: just assume the earlier warnings keep applying
He also spots Daniel, and the look on his face does nothing but cause Seth more agony. He doesn't want him to have to see this, to see Seth like this. But he hardly has any alternative. Soon now, his strength will leave him and he'll be carted off somewhere. At this point he's sealed his fate.
At the uselessness of the two first shots and Daniel's orders to get back, none of them are advancing on him just yet. And then Seth has his second, terrible epiphany. He'd been so busy thinking about the power they know about, that he hadn't considered his original one. Of course, giving up his phasing won't help him any when it comes to avoiding imprisonment. It'll simply show them something else he can do. But it's a solution to his other problem.
He steps towards the woman who fired upon him, and she can shoot him as many times as she wants, it won't make a difference until he decides it does. He grabs her wrist, and doesn't even care what he's potentially condemning her to, she's merely the face of this fucked-up, heartless group of people, the object for Seth to project his anger and frustration onto, to get some relief for how unjust it all feels. The light shines bright and blinding, and the rush is both torture and exhilaration at once. He doesn't look at Daniel. Blocks his existence out completely from his mind.
As soon as the light fades, he lifts the gun once again and fires, and he wakes up with a start, drenched in sweat and breathing heavily, every muscle aching and his heart thumping, but finally, at last, he's home.