Seeker canted their head as Lumen dug through the box, watching and waiting to for him to come back. Honestly they’d love to take a peek in there themself and ask what most of the contents were, but, maybe another time. For now they gently transferred the flame into the empty lantern, the wisp settling in and casting an eerie glow through the glass. “Ah, I would advise not sleeping next to that unless you’re trying to come to my realm. I’m not sure if my magic has the same effect as typical nightmare lanterns, but better safe than sorry.”
With a bit of fair warning about the lantern given, the vessel lightly clapped their hands with excitement at the prospect of this now settling arrangement. Oh, they loved the idea of getting to adventure in a new place!! As much as they were fond of their own home, nothing quite beat getting to investigate new things for an individual as naturally curious as themself. “I hope you don’t mind if I wander about some when I’m here- I will do my best to avoid causing any trouble.”
It was an out of the blue question speaking of lifeblood- but nonetheless, an important one for this to work on both sides. Unfortunately.. They couldn’t quite introduce Lumen to others in their world as he planned to do with them. “Well, that makes more sense. I always did wonder about that, as we’ve found it a useful medicine, especially when dealing with void-related injuries. But, that’s not why I asked.” Their excitement faded, minimal expression falling some. They feared it wasn’t an answer he was going to like, but it was for sake of his own safety. Traversing into other worlds did come with consequence of unpredictable circumstances…
“I ask because it would be a key part of a disguise, hiding you as a member of one of the smaller factions in Hallownest. In my world, your counterpart isn’t well liked- more importantly though, he’s dead. I fear many would be frightened and aggressive seeing you, assuming that your counterpart had crawled from his grave as a void-based husk. Such things are disconcertingly common in the wastelands, and there was a problem of it happening in Hallownest for awhile too. I can’t blame them for being scared, but I don’t want you to be harmed.”
Though the glow was an eerie one, there was a sort of beauty to it as well. “Duly noted, better not to invite more than I’m already likely to be in for.” He chuckled ruefully, aware that once he had enough rest in him to dip once more into dreaming, he wasn’t likely to enjoy what came to mind. There were so many unpleasant things for his sleeping mind to churn through, after all. Still, better that than the Radiance.
Setting the lantern carefully onto the nearest table, making sure it wasn’t anywhere near the edge or anything that could fall on it, Lumen produced a warbling sound as he shook his head. “I don’t mind at all if you wander, I’m sure you’re more than capable of watching out for yourself. If anyone gives you too much trouble for some reason once people are back, though, and you’d rather not deal with them yourself, you can feel free to let me know.” He responded, humming a little to himself for a moment.
“Especially with void-related harm, you say..? That’s interesting, I’d like to read any papers on that which may be available, at some point...” He murmured, as he listened, though a sense of apprehension stole across him as he noticed that Seeker seemed less animated. Oh. Oh, he supposed that made some sense, didn’t it..? Still, he couldn’t help a bit of a wince, his wings fluttering uneasily, though they couldn’t carry him away from this, nor would the curling of his tail closer around his legs really help.
“Ah... That... does present issue...” He murmured, his voice a little flatter than he’d intended. “I, ah, would need to know more about that faction - would glowing be a problem? It is rather a constant for me...” Thinking of himself dead wasn’t unfamiliar, it was one of the frequent possibilities he’d glimpsed attempting foresight. Honestly, it probably hadn’t been great for his mental state, foreseeing his own corpse so often, but at least he hadn’t seen it as a void husk. “I appreciate the warning...”