Alxaal muses to himself while Prishe gripes about the slow burn. They're both of two minds about the whole debacle. Alxaal being more sentimental while Prishe remains sardonic.
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Alxaal: Well, their...grating pace notwithstanding, I can’t help but be reminded of tales of courtly love from a nobleman’s serial. It’s a tad sweet in its own way.
Purple text - < <grumble> Sweet enough to give me god damn cavities, I say...>
Angle swap as Prishe tries to get Lucien onto her side. But with a shared history between the two Warriors of Light, Lucien can't quite hold it against Iliira for being hesitant.
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Prishe: Don’t you think this is getting old, Lucien?! Clock’s ticking until Sareel Ja shows his big dumb face again and gives us more trouble, so why not say something?!
Lucien: Ehhh...I wouldn’t hold it against Iliira for being shy. I’ve been her friend long enough to know it’s well warranted. Bakool Ja Ja, on the other hand...
The scenery abruptly grows dark as Diabolos, the eponymous peanut gallery in Lucien's mind, decides to add his unneeded two cents. Lucien goes wide-eyed with a shell-shocked expression, listening to a scornful voice his companions remain deaf to, feeling the cold touch of his personal bogeyman.
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Diabolos: Warranted or not, I tire of this saccharine tedium. Little Rabbit, how simple it would be to cast them both into the depths of darkness to rid ourselves of their-
Return to the frontward angle. Before Diabolos can continue, Lucien smacks the side of his head to get the voidsent to behave, puffs of psychic smoke in black & red swirling around his head.
Though blind & deaf to Lucien's 13th Shard, his body language is clue enough for Alxaal to offer words of comfort. Prishe slumps down with a grumpy scribble over her head, thoroughly alone in her irritation.
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Grey text - <Oh hush, you!>
Alxaal: I imagine your, “little passenger,” has grown more verbose as of late?
Grey text - <I find, “little parasite,” more apt a phrase, but yes>
Even the peanut gallery wants them to speed it up. That or kill them in darkness everlasting.
Whichever happens first.
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