Aren felt the violent rush of the cold wind spiral past them as they dropped into the dark.
Instinctively, he tightened his grip around Luna, twisting his body mid-fall to shield her as best as he could. But doing this left him pretty much falling face-first into another pile of snow he had no way of knowing how deep.
This…is gonna hurt.
CRASH!
The force knocked the breath clean from him, like someone had thrown a punch right into his guts but a hundred times worse.
Snow burst upward around them as Aren slammed into the ground. Pain flared across his chest and shoulders, just barely staying intact because of the ether he managed to circulate right before he made contact.
"—Gghhk…" he groaned, unstrapping his harness and rolling around to check. "Luna…you alright…?"
"Nnnn…" her soft breath seemed to reply.
Thank god.
