゛𝑻he wanderer

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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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⠀⠀⠀ those who fight monsters
⠀⠀⠀ must take care not to
⠀⠀⠀ become them——
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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⠀⠀⠀… blood does not care
⠀⠀⠀ who spills it .
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[️️️️️️️️️ ️️ ️️ ️️ 𝐒𝚄̶𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄𐍂 𓁿͙ 𝖣𝐀🅈𝖲̶. @soleseer]

⠀⠀⠀ @slaininprayer⠀𝂅𝆹𝅥

[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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follows isn’t empty . it hums with the kind of truth that don’t need repeating . he glances back to the talisman in her hands .

“ you just … hold tight to your faith . it’s the one thing they can’t bleed out of you . ”
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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“ don’t go worrying ’bout intruding on nothing . ”

he shifts his weight , gaze lingering on her like a ghost he’d rather not name——- the kind dragged up from a past that don’t leave easy . there’s something about her … something sharp and aching , ⤸
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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he lets that settle . “ you won’t be alone . not unless you choose to be . ”

a pause . something quieter crawling in behind the words .

“ monsters don’t always knock on the door . sometimes they live in the back of your mind . chew on memory . “

the silence that ⤸
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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disgust . it rolled off ekon in waves, thick and unspoken, like heat off tarmac—— just being near eva was enough to sour the air .

a beast … though a useful one .

“ go sniffin’ for scraps . no point sizing me up like it won’t end with you gettin’ put down . ”
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[ᅠ𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗘⁎ @k9call]

at least six feet between them. mostly silence, taut as a snare. feels @slaininprayer’s eyes licking the glint of canines newly sharpened under the dark of the evening. her wolf has grown more obvious in ₊

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[‍ ‍ 𝒯𝘢͟𝘴͟𝘩͟𝘬͟𝘢 @bloodtraiIs]

ready for them devils .

[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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folk growin’ soft … complacent , forgettin’ their roots . damn shame .
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[‍ ‍ 𝒯𝘢͟𝘴͟𝘩͟𝘬͟𝘢 @bloodtraiIs]

people these days … not an ounce of survival instinct in ‘em . not even instinct , i’d say .

[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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which y’think 𖤠 wouldn’t be wasting my breath on some rattlesnake .
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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can already tell some of them weak — willed ones taking offence , rather be mad at me than think why …
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[‍ ‍ 𝒯𝘢͟𝘴͟𝘩͟𝘬͟𝘢 @bloodtraiIs]

finally someone speaks reason .

[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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go on and get your ears checked .
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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night , barely more than a whisper , as he watched the rest of the hive buckle —— weaver . slip . sink back into the fog like ghosts unmade .

“ be seein’ you soon . ”

bitter now . harsher . a promise sharpened to a blade’s edge — one that would bind them forever .
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[゛𝑻he wanderer @slaininprayer]

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“ that’s right … ” murmured , though ekon already knew —— those cursed gifts of his would let remmick hear every word .

“ … you crawl away , as far as those legs’ll take you . ’cause you ain’t the only one hunting in the dark no more . ”

the words bled into the ⤸
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[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ ‍ ‍‍ ʀᴇᴍᴍɪᴄᴋ @notfittoeat]

a scream into the air, pain and rage.
a not so silent command. burn the
place down. all of it. the house. the
trees. and despite the shared pain —
the hive moves. obeying orders.

he’d move to the back lines —
hide behind the sea of glowing
eyes until he saw the flames.