@honourburned (from here)
If there was one good thing that came from the vessel having no voice to speak of, it made xem into an excellent listener, even in xyr angsty teenage years that they were currently in. Between that and the fact that xey were almost hyper-sensitive to when someone else was in need due to their own trauma and issues with abandonment, and they had been able to tell this human needed someone to lend an ear quite desperately from almost just a mere glance at him.
Xey had decided to be that ear, despite the fact that this was a stranger. Sitting next to Zuko on the bench, the vessel looked upwards at him, occasionally nodding in agreement as he spoke to xem. He was right; this city was too loud, too confusing, too different. It was nothing like the Abyss, the Ancient Basin, or any of the rest of Hallownest. It was filled with strange creatures, strange noises, strange technology... strange everything.
‘You’re right,’ Xey began to sign to him a few moments after his apologies. ‘I’m in the same situation. I miss home, I miss the void, I miss how quiet everything was.’
They paused, seeming to be thinking of the right words.
‘I still think we should help each other though, shouldn’t we? I don’t know you, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. I’m a good listener.’
