“it hurts.”
prompt. ( accepting )
𝙰 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙾𝚁𝚈 𝙶𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚃𝙾 𝙾𝙵𝙵𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙾𝙿𝙴, something new he finds himself doing. something human. it would stand to reason then that such a kindness would be borne of the human he's found himself bound to. however, he is busy and the Walrider is running out of patience for this militia that stands against him.
❝ 𝙸 𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆. ❞
and he is that of some weary god, worn thin by the suffering of his devoted. 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙾𝚄𝚁𝚂𝙴 𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳 𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚆. of course the swarm would know the ichor that seeps from waylon as he lays languid, bleeding out upon the floor like some kind of gutted lamb. they used to stick them for him, an offering of sorts, to soak his mountain in their gore. relished in it, fed upon it. but now things are different. 𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝚂 𝙳𝙸𝙵𝙵𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃. looms o'er him and sees that doe eyed, vacant and rather pathetic stare and feels no vitality from it as he had before with the other lambs to the slaughter.
𝙺𝙴𝙴𝙿 𝚆𝙰𝚈𝙻𝙾𝙽 𝚂𝙰𝙵𝙴. that is what he was supposed to do. they were a team, after all. is only thankful that waylon's family was not here to witness him in any more agony than the glances they have caught after the initial fray he suffered. like a rabbit in a snag, he had seen him before. terrified, fragile, wounded. furthermore, Miles would certainly be quite cross with the Walrider should he fail at such a simple task.
𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙽𝚂 𝙰𝚆𝙰𝚈 𝙹𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙰𝚂 𝚀𝚄𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙻𝚈, the static grows with his wrath. his intentions are made clear.
❝ 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙳 𝙵𝙰𝚂𝚃. 𝙸 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙱𝙴 𝙻𝙾𝙽𝙶. ❞
𝚂𝙾𝙼𝙴𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰𝙺𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙾 𝙰 𝚁𝙾𝙰𝚁 𝚂𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚂, shakes the ground as his own sort of decree. without words. without language that one could understand. it was the tongue of beasts. of old gods and the fear that waits in the dark. it was violence, and a proclamation of their end. tears them apart with ease, enjoyment even. he may not have craved to the flesh of the lamb beneath his protection but he did relish in the cries of the beasts that had struck it down. just as doe eyed and vacant as any other animal. when the screaming had stopped he is close once more. no rage evident in his tone or movement as he examines Waylon.
❝ 𝙱𝙴 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝙰𝙵𝚁𝙰𝙸𝙳, 𝙰𝙽𝙳... 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙳 𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙻𝙻. ❞
𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙽𝙳𝚂 𝚆𝙾𝚄𝙻𝙳 𝙱𝙴 𝚂𝙾𝙾𝙽 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙻 𝙾𝚅𝙴𝚁, his nanites making quick work of it as he passes a hand over them as though they were nothing. it was not often he got the opportunity to speak directly to Park, often conversing with Miles and allowing the two mortals to quarrel and plan as they may. though it was never out of distain for him, but rather a lack of understanding. something cold. he simply saw no reason for it was all, not until now.
❝ 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚂𝚄𝚁𝚅𝙸𝚅𝙴, 𝙿𝙰𝚁𝙺. 𝚁𝙸𝚂𝙴. ❞
𝙰 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚂𝙾𝚁𝚃𝚂, some things never change...
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