[Another shake of his head, rougher this time, then he resumes his slow ascent, one hand finding the wall to ground him a little. He refuses to collapse before reaching the end of these damned stairs, and even if Kururugi isn't here to be his sword (useless) (never), he has a gun. He'll keep those squirrels away easily enough; after all, why wouldn't they keep their distance once he starts killing them off?
He just has to keep moving. One foot in front of the other, carefully, and this will be over before he knows it.]
4/4 cw: suicide/suicide-adjacent, racism
He just has to keep moving. One foot in front of the other, carefully, and this will be over before he knows it.]