That one, tiny source of acknowledgement, the fact that Sammy was showing he was paying attention. It made the demon feel better in an instant.
Bendy’s head softly butted into the prophet’s hand, the thinned ink obscuring his vision sticking to the thicker substance Sammy was made from, body edging forward and fingers just barely brushing the ground as his arms hung loose at his sides. A weak, watery purr, half drowned by the ink in his throat, was his only verbal response.
God how he hated this form. When his own ink would overcompensate for the demon’s usually defenseless and pudgy body to stretch him into a bony monstrosity when he needed to protect himself. Sure it was useful in the short-term, but hobbling around as a blind, mute, frail beast wasn’t exactly the safest past-time in a place like this. Especially if he needed to run.
So finding Sammy after a fight was usually his go to plan. Funny, the ink demon had assumed Sammy was mad at him. The way he was just ignoring, plucking his banjo without a care in the world. He hadn’t put two and two together to realize the music director hadn’t even known it was him, but Bendy didn’t seem to be mad at him. Simply relieved that whatever funk the other was in had worn off in time. Maybe he could ask about it later.
But right now, there was something else he needed.
Raising his own hand to meet the watery, dripping ink that ran down his horns to his fixed grin, the toon feebly pushed it up into the black border of his face, only for it to flow back down the second it had been moved, covering the demon’s features once more. Bendy’s horned ears stood upright, twitching in wait, in anticipation and hope, for Sammy to realize what he was getting at.
Not a word spoken as he’d observe the other’s movements, shrouded in the shadow of his own mask.
The mask. Oh.. How it was such a false mockery of emotion.
One that certainly didn’t reflect the prophet's own.
..That’s why he’d been chosen.
But.. What was he to do in such a situation? There’s only been a small handful of encounters with the demon’s frightening skeletal form, and yet, they’ve all been mear glimpses. Barely out of his line of sight, before he’d turn and see the devil darling himself.