Whiplash flew her ship over to one of the forest fragments and landed on the edge of it, jumping out of her ship, leaving the cockpit open and running into the trees.
At the center of the fragment, she found a little cave. Whiplash crunched her body into the small space and wept. ALONE! Her mind screamed at her, ALWAYS ALONE. NEVER SAFE. NEVER LOVED. NEVER. NEVER. NEVER.
Whiplash screamed into the void she was falling into, but nothing slowed her descent.
A sudden impression entered her mind. sleep. rest. darkness... you need only end it all. forever you can. rest. sleep. in darkness.
The words repeated over and over in her mind, sounding more desirable with each repetition. Hardly thinking, she reached toward her knife, alone in the darkness.