He did recognize her instantly; that was the tree lady who had completely and utterly wrecked his van, almost killed Mystery, and whom Vivi had completely obliterated with a bat. He was shocked to see her… well, alive.
His expression shifted to a frown as he crossed his arms, looking her up and down. He could put the puzzle pieces together now; the blood, the clothes. Oh, no.
“ Do you… Have to be evil? ” He asks then. “ I can see you’ve… come back, right, regenerated. Like you did before, during that fight. Didn’t know you could regenerate from… Practically nothing. ” He pauses and tilts his head at her.
“ You were after Mystery. Now, you’re killing people out here in these woods. Listen, there’s gotta be some other way for you to survive, right? Do you really need the… well. Do you need to kill people to survive? ”
Why was he talking to her so calmly? Well, he knew he couldn’t just leave her be out here. She was murdering people; that, at the minimum, needed to stop. But Arthur was a kind-hearted soul, often much too kind-hearted, and he believed everyone deserved more than one chance. Perhaps she could survive peacefully? Even after all she’d done- yes, Arthur believed she deserved another chance. Perhaps at a peaceful life, this time.
✿ “… Evil? You think I’m evil?”
There’s a growl to her voice, and had she been strong enough to stand on her own, Arthur might not have lived to regret that.
Luckily for him, she can only stand there glare at him, and looks certainly can’t kill.
“Tell me… why is anyone else’s life more important than my own? Why should I wither away and die simply to preserve another’s life?”
She brushes a lock of hair out of her face, huffing. For her entire life, she’s been told that who and what she is is evil, but… if her need for blood is anyone’s fault, it’s Mystery’s. She’d be doing the world a favor by offing him.
“If your precious mutt would simply let me do what I have been trying to do for centuries, I could regrow my forest. I could survive on his blood alone for a thousand of your lifetimes. But he continues to run, knowing that the longer I follow him, the more people I must feed on.”
It’s normally a much cleaner process, but when one has to regrow their body from nothing but their heart, options are limited.
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