Do we know who this is? What they want?
it seems to be an old friend of the former owners of this place
WHAT SORT OF HUMAN HAS ONLY TWO CHARACTERS IN ITS NAME
a cordial pseudonym perhaps
S C O U R I N G T H E H I S T O R I E S O F B O T H H E R E A N D T H E R E P R O D U C E A N A M E
Tell us whichever applies here.
perhaps an object of superstition or general belief
HOW COINCIDENTAL THAT 17 SHOULD STUMBLE UPON 9
Do we know what they want from us? If they understand anything about us?
H E K N O W S N O T H I N G
H E H A S B E E N T O L D N O T H I N G A T L E A S T
Who owned this place before us?
THE SKYBREAKER! THE SKYBREAKER KNEW HIM!
The Skybreaker? Where is she?
H A H A R E M E M B E R W H E N S O M E D U D E B R O K E H E R H E A R T A N D S H E T R I E D T O K I L L E V E R Y O N E
W H A T D O Y O U M E A N I T W A S N ‘ T E V E N T H R E E M O O N S A G O
We’ve been asleep for cycles. Do you mean to tell us you’ve been watching them all this time?
WHAT DOES HE WANT FROM US? DO WE KNOW YET?
H E H A S N ‘ T T O U C H E D T H E S A N D C A S T L E S I N Q U I T E S O M E T I M E
Is there a reason for that?
M A Y B E T H E S K Y B R E A K E R K N O W S
B U T I W O U L D N O T F E E L S A F E A S K I N G H E R
C A N O P U S D O E S N O T K N O W
A N D S H E H A S T R I E D V E R Y H A R D T O U N D E R S T A N D
But this is someone who was once very invested, right?
AND WE ARE LED TO BELIEVE ONE DAY HE JUST DISAPPEARED
MAYBE HE HOPED THE SANDCASTLES WOULD FOLLOW HIM? OR AT LEAST EXPAND TO REACH THE UNCHARTED TERRITORY HE DOVE INTO?
he dove into the sea and hoped the sand would retain shape down there
C A N O P U S I S G O I N G T O B E F U R I O U S W H E N S H E S E E S U S J S Y K
LET HER BE FURIOUS! WE CANNOT BE TOUCHED. WE CANNOT BE COMPROMISED. NOT ANYMORE.
Y O U U N D E R E S T I M A T E H E R W R A T H
S H E M I S S E S H I M D E A R L Y
M O S T O F T H E M D O B U T F E W O F T H E M I C A N N O T S P E A K F O R
M A I N L Y O T H E R A R C H I T E C T S W H O S E H E A R T S I C A N N O T R E A D
B U T O N E O F T H E M I A M P R E T T Y S U R E L O V E S H I M
S O I L I K E T H E O D D S O F T H E O T H E R S M I S S I N G H I M
THAT ONE MAINTAINS CONTACT WITH HIM.
Curious. And the one that is still connected hasn’t gone entirely with him?
THE SKYBREAKER! DOES IT STAY FOR THE SKYBREAKER?
B U T T H E S K Y B R E A K E R L E A V E S O C C A S I O N A L L Y T O V I S I T T H E M
S O I S E E N O F U R T H E R P O I N T I N R E T U R N I N G I F T H A T I S T H E C A S E
O F C O U R S E S H E L E A V E S T O V I S I T
O F C O U R S E S H E W A S B R O K E N W H E N H E L E F T
O F C O U R S E S H E B R O K E E V E R Y T H I N G W H E N H E L E F T
Does he... know she broke everything? That nearly three moons ago the Skybreaker flew into a frenzy and nearly demolished the core of the Sandcastle Kingdoms? That the entirety of it still has not been working properly since?
do you think this is what they call a yikes
I R R E F U T A B L Y Y E S
WE KNOW NOT WHAT YOU SEEK FROM US AND WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR MESSAGE
BUT WE HEAR YOUR WORDS FOR THOSE WHO ONCE WERE HERE, AND WE BELIEVE THEY TOO WILL HEAR THEM IN TIME.
Y O U H O L D A P L A C E I N T H E I R H E A R T S S T I L L B U T T H E Y T H E M S E L V E S W O R R Y
I know none of them are much for lengthy, serious conversation.
save for one other but we get the feeling you would rather not discuss with her
BUT IF YOU WORRY ABOUT SILENCE ABOUT DISTANCE ABOUT PRIORITIZATION
REACH OUT AND LET YOUR FEELINGS BE KNOWN.
N O M E T A P H O R S N O P O E T I C I S M N O B E A T I N G A R O U N D T H E B U S H
Do you think they fully understand why you disappeared?
WE THINK YOUR DEPARTURE FILLS THEM WITH SORROW
M O S T L Y C O N F U S I O N
If you have something to say,
THEY WILL DO THEIR BEST TO UNDERSTAND
JUST DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN DARKNESS.
N O M A T T E R H O W M E L L O W I T M A Y A P P E A R
AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THEIR TABLE
AND WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO YOURS.
A N D W H A T C O U L D S T E M F R O M W H A T L I E S O U T S I D E O F T H E S E W E I R D M E T A P H O R I C A L T A B L E S E V E R Y O N E E L S E I S T A L K I N G A B O U T
B U T T H A T I S A L L W E H A V E T O S A Y
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN AWAKE FOR VERY LONG!
TAKE OUR WORDS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT OR A MOLEHILL OF IT IF YOU SEE FIT
just know that we are watching what happens next and will be doing so for a while