Yes!
A smile almost crept onto my face as I stared at the completed analysis, but the rapidly approaching footsteps wiped it away before it could properly form.
Step! Step! Step!
"...Right. Maybe later."
I pushed myself forward and ran, finally able to stop looking back now that the analysis was complete. The teacher followed closely behind, its footsteps bouncing through the corridor alongside mine until the sounds started to overlap.
I'd already gotten a good enough look at its face.
The burned skin.
That mouth.
I didn't need to see any more of that stuff.
Bang!
Something struck the wall behind me hard enough to send a vibration through the floor, and a long shadow briefly stretched beside mine before disappearing.
'Has it gotten faster?'
Or was it me that had gotten slower?
Either way, I couldn't keep running forever.
