--they hadn't known turning to look counted as an answer within itself. Movement isn't something they can take back, particularly when their stare is drawn back to the fountain attempting to look away. Besides, if looking towards is an agreement, looking away can only be denial, and that's still an answer all the same.
Being--seeming to be--Hollow was once simple. It seems that's been eroded away with everything else.
They defer to his knowledge; while he is unlikely to have any of Void, they also know little about the danger of dampness. If it is 'no good' then they have no other order to contradict this one, nor is there reason to leave him to wait out in what could be a threat.
The questions...
Later. This will be a problem later. Do not think.
They take their Nail, sinking its point between cracked stone, and heave their body into standing. (Another stark difference: the statue;s posture is perfect, and this living figure is hunched, taking off nearly a quarter of their own height.)
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--they hadn't known turning to look counted as an answer within itself. Movement isn't something they can take back, particularly when their stare is drawn back to the fountain attempting to look away. Besides, if looking towards is an agreement, looking away can only be denial, and that's still an answer all the same.
Being--seeming to be--Hollow was once simple. It seems that's been eroded away with everything else.
They defer to his knowledge; while he is unlikely to have any of Void, they also know little about the danger of dampness. If it is 'no good' then they have no other order to contradict this one, nor is there reason to leave him to wait out in what could be a threat.
The questions...
Later. This will be a problem later. Do not think.
They take their Nail, sinking its point between cracked stone, and heave their body into standing. (Another stark difference: the statue;s posture is perfect, and this living figure is hunched, taking off nearly a quarter of their own height.)