WHATEVER TRICKERY IT IS TO BE, Ayin didn’t appear to have a hand in it – it seems as CONFUSED as the dark entity before it. Why, there is even what many could assume to be f e a r within those green eyes. Slightly curled fingers are to rest along those pink lips, the entity pondering over its next words. “ I…am not certain. Please believe when I say this…but I believe there is…somethin’ in me.” There is a SLIGHT PAUSE in its concern, as though it is hesitant to even mention something ABSURD.
“ No, no, I have no need fer such violence an’ aggression,” Ayin stated, lips marred in a frown as it is to take note of Dark’s appearance – the INSTABILITY is enough to have a potential cause for alarm. “ I have seen much of it durin’ my travels – from humans an’ other beings alike – an’ it…does not appeal ta me. It is exhaustin’ by th’ end of it, an’ often times, there is no benefit ta it.” PERSONAL OPINIONS are seldom known for the entity, but it had acquired the ability to DEVELOP ITS OWN CONCLUSIONS.
Ayin had noticed the GRADUAL SHIFT IN ATMOSPHERE and it nearly commented on it before Dark is to ask…such a DISTASTEFUL question. “ It is not like tha’. What beckons me is not th’ callin’ of a path, but of somethin’ else. Ever since I have awakened, it has become…unruly. Tha’ it is why I say it is persistent – it is like it has a consciousness or a will of its own. Sometimes, I hear tha’…laugh. It is unhinged! I even heard words… I heard it speak!
It would say things like let̛ m̛e̢ ou̷t͜ an’ I̷ don͢’t ̨w̷a̷nt͜ t̕a̧ d̡ie. It sounded like me as well!”
A CHILL colder than winter’s frost enveloped the entity from within, crystallizing within his chest and mantling the approximation of a human heart. To classify the other’s commentary was no more than a mere coincidence would have been an act of submission towards willful ignorance. Although initially deferential towards the other being, the mask of nonpartisan gregariousness had begun to dissolve and reveal the guarded misgivings beneath. To remain adaptable in an unstipulated situation was a laborious feat – especially when the virus could be remembered so strikingly and seemingly existed within reach; never before would he have thought that he’d miss their rivalry’s acidity, never before would he have thought that its absence would haunt him more than the fragmented memories of the past.
( LOVE THY ENEMY & BLESS THOSE WITH HATE IN THEIR HEART !
FOR FEW ARE EVER SO PRIVILEGED TO KNOW SUCH PASSION. )
❝ ----------- How could HE be locked away? You must know. What aren’t you telling me ? ❞ A breath was drawn to force a beat, a sorely needed pause for both of their sakes. ❝ Think back to your earliest memory, and focus. ❞
A whetted edge barbed his tone, prepared for obliviousness but disinclined to consider it adequate. It sounded as though the virus’ personality and homicidal habits were buried inside the other creature but how the situation came to be thoroughly eluded him --– ( who had the power to do that ? how could they do that ? ). A dull ache signalled that his nails had reflexively dug into the meat of his palm, fingers curling hard against the skin in a raw exhibition of frustration before the tension was forcibly diminished in an effort to reclaim some semblance of equanimity. Between the translucent forms expressing their silent yet patent displeasure and the scorn that threatened to peel away his decorum entirely, the atmosphere’s irascibility wasn’t conducive to the suited being’s investigation but he wasn’t deterred. He desperately yearned to learn what happened to Anti, he needed to know.
❝ You said you were awakened but by whom? What do you remember? ❞