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sunbox2020-07-25 05:30 am
impure_void) wrote in sunbox2020-07-25 05:30 am
say hello, honey i'm home
The Egg, the Palace, the flickers of the Abyss were all they truly learned, even that little scorched out with Light; flickers of memory from the Infected and Fath--the Pale King's World Sense left behind are all the knowledge they have of Hallownest.
They're uncertain where they are.
Too green to be the Crossroads, where they had begun. Unn's lands. The White Lady's gardens. Somewhere else overgrown.
They've been dragging their body through the tunnels for quite some time. Most is a blur. Dig claw or Nail into the ground. move forward. Keep moving. Ignore the cracks and gouges in their torso.
After some time, it comes to them there is no reason to do this. They have no goal. They have little understanding of where they could go, or should. A creature with a mind would stop at this realization, but the Hollow Knight is not meant to have one in the first place. Therefore, its shortcomings matter little.
Presently, they've stopped, resting their head on a ledge. There are thorns on the ground beneath it. They cannot move forward here.
...This is a perfectly functional place to rest.
They're uncertain where they are.
Too green to be the Crossroads, where they had begun. Unn's lands. The White Lady's gardens. Somewhere else overgrown.
They've been dragging their body through the tunnels for quite some time. Most is a blur. Dig claw or Nail into the ground. move forward. Keep moving. Ignore the cracks and gouges in their torso.
After some time, it comes to them there is no reason to do this. They have no goal. They have little understanding of where they could go, or should. A creature with a mind would stop at this realization, but the Hollow Knight is not meant to have one in the first place. Therefore, its shortcomings matter little.
Presently, they've stopped, resting their head on a ledge. There are thorns on the ground beneath it. They cannot move forward here.
...This is a perfectly functional place to rest.
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Of course the Pale King is gone. He would not have relinquished kingship to anyone, let alone a Vessel; he would not have disappeared from Hallownest if there was a chance to recover it from his Vessel's impurity.
Do not feel, do not think, do not speak--
They've failed. It's obvious how terribly they have failed. They lost in battle against this other Vessel, who had an up-close look at how badly the Hollow Knight is ruined.
Everything within them screams against the effort of simply lifting their hand to point to their sibling's. At the Brand. How--?]
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[It was not like they had much of a choice. Just as Hornet said, if they wished to learn the truth, there was no other way. But only once they proven to be strong enough to carry it and the burden it holds.]
[The Pale King was gone, presumably it had been so for quite some time now. They know not of the details since it must've happened long before they returned. It didn't seem like it really mattered one way or the other, and yet...]
[They slumped further on the ground. A subtle gesture of guilt, sorrow, perhaps even sympathy that they couldn't really say anything on the matter.]