((Vash is skipping this turn and eating donuts while he waits. 8|))
Luki breathed.
She was still staring up, unblinking, simply gazing at the blue eyes that still looked back, though Cloud flinched when Luki's blade punctured through him, and she could feel everything - the blade sliding into his skin, crushing him inside and cutting through flesh again.
She noticed movement. The grip on her other hand had been let go of. She could sense apprehensiveness and expectation. And then hands, cupping her face, slowly, softly. Blue eyes gazing at her, trying to reach her again. She wouldn't move. Her blades were in the same place. Her other arm was resting on the floor, the rest of her body was ready to move as soon as somebody took a false step.
And yet... she felt nothing. She was blank, in a way. Her lips had almost closed, and her breathing had calmed.
Words reached her ears. Promises, once more, than Noki would return, that everything would be alright.