[CW: Character Story, Allusions to Murder, Guilt.]
Major Character mentions: Arachnis, Harris.
Other mentions: Dusk, Song, Mireluch, Hallstone.
It's strange having someone other than Dusk know what I am.
Arachnis is... Difficult for me to pinpoint. I hadn't meant to spill to xem, and out of any critter I've met so far - xey had every reason to have me exiled right there on the spot. The critters here have already had to deal with one murderer enough.
And yet, all xey did was ask me if I regret it.
Surface level? Of course I do.
But it had to be me.
If playing the devil meant no other critter was forced to do so in my place, then that's a choice I'll never take back, no matter how damned my soul is for it.
Even if i may never return home again.
...
I don't know if the pantheon accepts me back - or if they ever will. That was a question I couldn't answer. Yet xey still treat me like an equal, still continue to help me.
I don't get it. But I meant what I said. They have me in xeir corner.
I just hope it doesn't fall back on xem, if this gets out. Dusk, too.
...
The more I learn about Harris, the more he gets on my nerves.
What the hell was he thinking, stealing out from under Dusk's nose? The damn fool's asking for another beat down. And as much as I doubt his innocence in this whole ordeal, even Song doesn't seem thrilled about his antics.
I don't know how far this goes back, or how it started - but it isn't the first time he's crossed Dusk, either. And as far as Mireluch's curse goes, other critters too.
And yet, all it took were a few warning words to have the critter shaking in his britches. Just what the hell does he think he's playing at? That coward's going to get himself killed - Especially with that gods damned cannibal running about.
And he's gonna drag other folk down with him. Hallstone just can't seem to mind his business - parading about like he's some 'folk hero' and sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. It makes that spikey head of his way too damn punchable.
That critters either gonna have to learn a lesson and keep out of trouble for once, or learn to hold his own when trouble comes to bite him back.
And I ain't convinced the former's even possible for folk like him.
