Nothing that sleeps that long is ever a good thing.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Not... it's not asleep. Maybe. I don't know, I thought it felt me for a moment.
...
It's... when you're young, and your parents leave a candle for you because you don't want to be in the dark and it's too cold to open a window. But the candle makes everything worse, because it makes the shadows move. If you look at the light then you can't watch the shadows, and if you look at the shadows to make sure they don't get closer, then you can't see the candle. So you close your eyes and you hide without looking at anything, even though you know they're moving around you, from that candle, even if you can't see them — they're all around the room, and you know if you open your eyes again it'll be right in front of you with the candle and the fire. Just enough so you can see that you can't see anything. And then the air smells like bodies.
Shadow and flame. That's what it is.
If anyone's taking the risk, it's me. Last I checked, I'm the only one here who doesn't let a little death get in the way of getting the job done.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?There are worse things that can happen than death.
I told you before — I warned you, about the old things you never forget, the ones that can taint you. And how there's no way out for you, even if you try to cut the bad out. It never stops. Ever.
So please be careful. There's a lot more at stake here than just humans dying.
-to Aven- I have to go. None of you can fight as well as I can.
-to Luna- Well... I mean, we don't have to, but it's here, and it's bad, and it's in the middle of a city.
edited 21st Nov '15 11:14:24 PM by WonderSquid

...Do you know what it is?
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-Adol gave up for the time being, nodding to the elves and thanking them-
-He then turned and faced the others in this band of odd-ones-out, giving a hearty hello to the people he recognized, and cheerfully letting them know that he thought they were all dead.-
edited 21st Nov '15 10:33:07 PM by MacDuffy