Relic Seeker Lemm has been learning things about the Kingdom of Hallownest that have been buried for an age. It began with curiosity, and as he hoped when he first set foot inside its borders, it's turning into somewhat of an obsession. Lately he's discovering that he intends to become an expert, which is unusual if only because not every Relic Seeker cares about a single topic enough to specialise. (Hallownest is brimming with topics, each as broad and strange as the last. He may never run out of material.)
Something he does not - and likely will never - consider himself an expert in is the art of socialising. His experiences have been barely more than transactional for quite some time, so with the Knight now apparently visiting (!) for a chat (!!) he has found himself rather out of his depth.
Setting himself a few rules has helped immensely, and the Knight has given him clear instruction about how to conduct himself on this expedition. The Knight is to scout ahead if necessary, he is to keep out of trouble, and they'll investigate the Grey Mansion together with minimal risk. This all suits Lemm just fine.
The City of Tears is now devoid of the kinds of threats they were both used to, but nonetheless Lemm sticks close to the Knight's side and just a half-step back from theirs, letting them set the pace and choose the route even though he knows the City like the length of his own horns.
Ironic that the Lord of Shades would have a shadow. Especially one that claims to dislike chatter but can't seem to keep his mouth shut.
"...It's the metalwork that clued me in first," he explains, part of an ongoing one-bug discussion about architecture that the Knight definitely didn't ask for. "Right from the borders you could tell there was something grander below your feet because if there's fine casting like that, at one point there were the resources to waste on it, and I certainly didn't see evidence of such a thing in Dirtmouth! Then there's the Stag Station, so there's the infrastructure to consider - but it wasn't until I saw the Crossroads that I knew I was really onto something. You just don't bother with that level of engineering unless you've the workforce to handle mass imports, and you wouldn't justify that with a population of less than five hundred..."
None of this has to do with the Great Knights. Possibly it did at first, but he's wandered off topic long before they reach the elevator to the Resting Grounds. Lemm may be a bit excited to be going on this trip, and the way this shows is through historical chatter.
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Something he does not - and likely will never - consider himself an expert in is the art of socialising. His experiences have been barely more than transactional for quite some time, so with the Knight now apparently visiting (!) for a chat (!!) he has found himself rather out of his depth.
Setting himself a few rules has helped immensely, and the Knight has given him clear instruction about how to conduct himself on this expedition. The Knight is to scout ahead if necessary, he is to keep out of trouble, and they'll investigate the Grey Mansion together with minimal risk. This all suits Lemm just fine.
The City of Tears is now devoid of the kinds of threats they were both used to, but nonetheless Lemm sticks close to the Knight's side and just a half-step back from theirs, letting them set the pace and choose the route even though he knows the City like the length of his own horns.
Ironic that the Lord of Shades would have a shadow. Especially one that claims to dislike chatter but can't seem to keep his mouth shut.
"...It's the metalwork that clued me in first," he explains, part of an ongoing one-bug discussion about architecture that the Knight definitely didn't ask for. "Right from the borders you could tell there was something grander below your feet because if there's fine casting like that, at one point there were the resources to waste on it, and I certainly didn't see evidence of such a thing in Dirtmouth! Then there's the Stag Station, so there's the infrastructure to consider - but it wasn't until I saw the Crossroads that I knew I was really onto something. You just don't bother with that level of engineering unless you've the workforce to handle mass imports, and you wouldn't justify that with a population of less than five hundred..."
None of this has to do with the Great Knights. Possibly it did at first, but he's wandered off topic long before they reach the elevator to the Resting Grounds. Lemm may be a bit excited to be going on this trip, and the way this shows is through historical chatter.