The Shades of Void and the Void that waited remember, in the little life and presence they had, of seedpod-eggs and the roots that grew from them, funneling darkness into wood-soft shells.
Familiar, unfamiliar, comforting and not. The whisper--the noise--the rest leaves the Shadelord's form bristling, waves of thorny tendrils curling down their sides and reaching up from the dark. Primarily not.
The massive claws, despite this, remain steady as their gaze.
The bug holds Light, but now, this holds threat matching old lantern and its lumafly companion. Different enough to be interesting. Different enough not to scream of never-forgotten betrayal.
There's some effort needed before the Knight shifts again, ignoring this to give greater attention to the Seal. It appears they are intended to find the being trapped inside more interesting than the bindings directly.
Foolish. Ignorant. Or--
The Knight made many errors in Greenpath, walking into Fool Eaters' maws. They made more many, many times in Deepnest.
Not everything's changed with their form.
They tap it again.
Again, the bindings flicker and whisper, Sibling-stress shuddering over them. But nothing flares too bright to terribly alarm; no spellwork attempts to wind itself up their claws. If a trap, it's failed to spring.
...They give the bug a courteous nudge onto his back. Specifically further from the edge, and so further from the many, many tiny grasping almost-paws reaching up from the rippling sea that came to rest just below.
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The Shades of Void and the Void that waited remember, in the little life and presence they had, of seedpod-eggs and the roots that grew from them, funneling darkness into wood-soft shells.
Familiar, unfamiliar, comforting and not. The whisper--the noise--the rest leaves the Shadelord's form bristling, waves of thorny tendrils curling down their sides and reaching up from the dark. Primarily not.
The massive claws, despite this, remain steady as their gaze.
The bug holds Light, but now, this holds threat matching old lantern and its lumafly companion. Different enough to be interesting. Different enough not to scream of never-forgotten betrayal.
There's some effort needed before the Knight shifts again, ignoring this to give greater attention to the Seal. It appears they are intended to find the being trapped inside more interesting than the bindings directly.
Foolish. Ignorant. Or--
The Knight made many errors in Greenpath, walking into Fool Eaters' maws. They made more many, many times in Deepnest.
Not everything's changed with their form.
They tap it again.
Again, the bindings flicker and whisper, Sibling-stress shuddering over them. But nothing flares too bright to terribly alarm; no spellwork attempts to wind itself up their claws. If a trap, it's failed to spring.
...They give the bug a courteous nudge onto his back. Specifically further from the edge, and so further from the many, many tiny grasping almost-paws reaching up from the rippling sea that came to rest just below.