#I KNOW THE FEELING W THE CHAPTERS SM. i needa replay the funnie game i had a resurgence n then never finished my second run :(

[quillheel]

@tenebriism // kris & ralsei!

it wasn't as hard to tell as you'd think. ━━ spend long enough around anybody, and you pick up cues, you know? learn them, learn through them, little notes like text between lines on a page, already annotated, the hardest part was always just the handwriting. a cipher. he loved ciphers ; ralsei had spent swathes of their life in a library of a meaningless kingdom that no longer existed ( subjects which were memory he had, but could not recall, shadows dancing in the candlelight and in corners of visions ), if any at all could know what to look for, it'd be him! how silly to think they could truly, truly hide it so easily. ━ maybe from susie, but not from him.

of course, in response to the concept of distance ( as though allergic ), he takes a step forwards, towards them. nails clack on the flooring, hands clasped to their chest as brows knit together, blue-red-black eyes studying Kris as though trying to find weaknesses in the sickness through the body itself, as though it was the betrayer ( for it was ), as though he held that kind of power ( at least, for any longer than a few hours... )

" No, I really don't think that'd be a good idea-! " there's timidness in his posture, in his voice, but his integrity is greater. ━ or perhaps just his stubbornness. " I mean, I don't think you could get me sick anyway! You don't have to worry about that, but maybe I can help, if you'll let me? I know my magic doesn't follow you into the light-world, but that still so looks uncomfortable- even painful! so i'd- I'd very much still like to try━! "

( swallow your pride like swallowing your fear, like the part of you that knows. ) " ... Please, Kris...? "