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the knight ([personal profile] focusedvoid) wrote in [community profile] boxfullofzeroes 2022-12-23 07:40 am (UTC)

They aren't used to this. The Knight was given the moniker of wanderer more than throughout Hallownest alone.

Myla's important. Myla's safety is important, because some of it is their fault. They may feel guilt for not realizing she was taken, sickening and swirling, but they understand they couldn't have known. Her half-sleep state, however, they must have done.

They are not incapable of patience. They know this.

They wait. They pace. They briefly, very briefly, disappear to the edge of Crystal Peak to fetch a shining crystal to see if she might like it.

Later, there's a shattered mess of pink out behind their hut. It's not where anyone can step on the shards, so Elderbug doesn't bother sweeping it up, no matter how he eyes them in concern.

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