The deafening sounds of crashing stones, uprooted trees exploding, and Dipper's teke making thunderous pulsing sounds gives way to bangs and booms and the rushing of leaves as everything falls back down to Earth. Dipper and Mabel fortunately don't need to be shielded like Wash, Robbie, and Marjara do since the eye of the teke storm had been above them.
Then the sounds of the debris falling stop and give way to something quieter - Dipper's panicked gasps and constant sniffling.
He sinks to the ground and Mabel sinks with him; they're still clinging to each other.
"I'm sorry. I didn't -- mean to." His words are broken up by rapid gasps and hyperventilating.
When they get close enough, he tries to explain.
"Pidge -- is gone -- and it's -- not fair. Bad stuff -- keeps happening -- and good stuff -- keeps getting -- taken away -- and I can't -- breathe. I think -- I'm having -- like a -- heart attack -- or something."
He knows Pidge not being around doesn't mean he's all alone now -- Mabel's here and look at the people trying to help him right now. But just like all the bad things that have happened, it almost feels like a personal attack by the universe, like someone's trying to punish him.
And he knows that, back in her world, Pidge is probably freaking out right now, feeling that way too, upset because she wants to help the Legion and her team back home. The thought of her being upset and knowing he can't do anything to help her or comfort her is making him freak out even more.
She's probably sad somewhere and he can't do a thing about it.
The Time Trapper is cruel and the universe is uncertain and unfair. And the prospect of it just...continuing to be that awful has taken over his entire brain and finally flipped a switch his brain has been threatening to flip for some time now.
"Everything -- keeps -- happening -- too fast."
He doesn't know it's a panic attack. He knows what panic attacks are but he and Mabel haven't had much in the way of health classes yet, for him to know the actual symptoms.
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Then the sounds of the debris falling stop and give way to something quieter - Dipper's panicked gasps and constant sniffling.
He sinks to the ground and Mabel sinks with him; they're still clinging to each other.
"I'm sorry. I didn't -- mean to." His words are broken up by rapid gasps and hyperventilating.
When they get close enough, he tries to explain.
"Pidge -- is gone -- and it's -- not fair. Bad stuff -- keeps happening -- and good stuff -- keeps getting -- taken away -- and I can't -- breathe. I think -- I'm having -- like a -- heart attack -- or something."
He knows Pidge not being around doesn't mean he's all alone now -- Mabel's here and look at the people trying to help him right now. But just like all the bad things that have happened, it almost feels like a personal attack by the universe, like someone's trying to punish him.
And he knows that, back in her world, Pidge is probably freaking out right now, feeling that way too, upset because she wants to help the Legion and her team back home. The thought of her being upset and knowing he can't do anything to help her or comfort her is making him freak out even more.
She's probably sad somewhere and he can't do a thing about it.
The Time Trapper is cruel and the universe is uncertain and unfair. And the prospect of it just...continuing to be that awful has taken over his entire brain and finally flipped a switch his brain has been threatening to flip for some time now.
"Everything -- keeps -- happening -- too fast."
He doesn't know it's a panic attack. He knows what panic attacks are but he and Mabel haven't had much in the way of health classes yet, for him to know the actual symptoms.