๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
... ๐๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ - ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด.
๐๐ง ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.
๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ต, ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ต, ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ -
๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
[Burying his head in his hands, he rubs at his form ineffectually.]
๐๐ฆ๐บ - ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ!!
๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ...
[Even after sheer concentration, he unfortunately can only manage his normal expression and. The Look.]
This is a bad place. We're supposed to be together, but it keeps making us hurt each other.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ.
๐๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ! ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
... ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐'๐ฎ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ.
๐๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ด?
๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ.
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I will take advantage of this if you let me tag you in random posts teehee
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I think I should share this dumbass shitpost I made after chapter 3 and 4โs release
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This is separate from the journal entries . These will be much more personal thoughts I think
feel free to respond to them in character as if your muse is reading it or whatever idk
๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ด - ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ.
[... said "Pristine Blade" is still resting on the floor where he dropped it, though.]
๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข 7/11 ๐ด๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐บ.
... ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐. ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 7/11 ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ - ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด!!
[He starts to turn, but pauses. Despite his preference for being anywhere besides the cabin, he's... curious.]
... ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ... ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ? ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ? ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐บ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ.
... ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
... ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต.
[... He pauses, getting a feel for a word he's never spoken.]
๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ... ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ... ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ.
๐'๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ - ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด - ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ.
๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
...
[Blankly looking down at his left arm, missing a sizable portion of the arm meat. His right arm twitches the slightest bit, fist clenching...]
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ?
... ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
[... Slowly wiping dirt out of his face with a wing.]
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ.
[... but its voice is still soft, and tired.]
... ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
[... Another footstep. Hints of something visible, beyond the threshold. Something... large, and dark. A flash of sharpness, a jagged maw.]
[The world rests on its wing, a breath held by time. It is a small quiet, a fragment of a very, very old thing. Silence made form of predator.]
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... ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ... ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ.
๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ... ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ?
... ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ต'๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐'๐ฎ... ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ต... ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ? ๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต.
... ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐... ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
[... Seems oddly familiar, in a way.]
