Sisyphus/Sasha; catch-all post

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JUST HUG ALREADY

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[ There's a great warmth she can recall; even with burning eyes and the ache that settled into her very bones from a darkness that penetrated deep, her Cosmo pushed close to its limit with protecting the remaining Saints and fighting Hades to the point of finally sealing him within Elysion--

She feels warm. And, Sasha remembers, at the very end, she'd smiled with Tenma and Alone and that had been the very last...

And yet, she can feel. Whatever's beneath her is solid, warmed by the sun, an earthy smell when she takes a breath and slowly opens her eyes to a sparse few blades of grass. From the feel of the breeze on her arms, her Cloth is gone-- and as she finally pushes herself into a seated position to take proper stock of her surroundings, Sasha draws in a deeper breath.

Her Cosmo, as well-- ]

... I see. I'm...

[ Wherever she is, whether she's truly dead or not (but this doesn't feel like death), it all slams into her. Shion and Dohko, her last two Gold Saints, sent to safety with the others. Her ten lost Gold Saints, appearing before them to drive Hades back, protecting beyond death. Tenma... Alone...

The Earth had been saved, and she doesn't regret the life she's lived to save it. But Sasha had valued all of those lives, and now, something like a very thin sob emerges.

They'd all done so much and she hadn't even had the chance to thank them. ]