It was hard to concentrate, he felt dizzy and for a moment he thought it would never end, that they would pass out before the bottles were full. But then, as quickly as it started, the blades retracted. The pain didn't exactly stop, they were both still bleeding, but they could move.

Shion rushed, half crawled over to James, scrubbing tears away with his non bloodied hand. He feels exhausted, but he reached out to take James' hand and raise it higher, trying to use his own sleeve to somehow stem the bleeding from both their hands.

"We're done." His voice wasn't as loud as he wanted it to be but he called out to the guards who were probably just outside.