[The sound is muffled, but the roar of a flame can still be heard under all that sandβthe intensity of the heat making it all the more obvious what it is. As if the room needed to be any hotter...
However, that chilling breath comes after, and while Barnabas cannot see or know exactly what's happening, he has reason to believe Cecelia is actually accomplishing something here. Because the weight of the sand is different, the compression shifting, and for a moment it's actually a little more difficult to moveβuntil there's the distinct sound of glass breaking. As it does, the sand pours, filling that newly formed void, and Barnabas is able to move more freely.
Not entirely freely, he's still chained, but he's able to push sand out of his way, his hands pushing past the surface to dig a hole for himself to semi-emerge as he sucks in and gulps down a breath of air. He certainly is in a state, plastered with sand all over his sweat soaked clothes and body due to all this heat, but hey, at least he's not suffocating anymore!
He only takes that moment for a breath before he continues to dig himself free, pushing as much sand off of himself as he can. Once he's loosened enough sand, he digs his arm downward to grab at the chain and crushes it in his hand.]
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However, that chilling breath comes after, and while Barnabas cannot see or know exactly what's happening, he has reason to believe Cecelia is actually accomplishing something here. Because the weight of the sand is different, the compression shifting, and for a moment it's actually a little more difficult to moveβuntil there's the distinct sound of glass breaking. As it does, the sand pours, filling that newly formed void, and Barnabas is able to move more freely.
Not entirely freely, he's still chained, but he's able to push sand out of his way, his hands pushing past the surface to dig a hole for himself to semi-emerge as he sucks in and gulps down a breath of air. He certainly is in a state, plastered with sand all over his sweat soaked clothes and body due to all this heat, but hey, at least he's not suffocating anymore!
He only takes that moment for a breath before he continues to dig himself free, pushing as much sand off of himself as he can. Once he's loosened enough sand, he digs his arm downward to grab at the chain and crushes it in his hand.]