my icky yucky son <3
Fun fact, his cloak is actually a blanket Ink painted for Cross while he was momentarily living in the doodlesphere. The material's pretty decent at holding warmth so he made it a cloak which he typically only wears during MC's (manual cleanups),,, which refers to sweeping aus that have been corrupted & searching for uncorrupted survivors and suchlike!
It's also lwk a miracle that he wasn't corrupted by Somn's magic,,, some speculate it's simply laying dormant in him and Somn's waiting to pull it into a full-force physical collapse into a corrupted. Cross, being the anxious fellow he is, mildly believes the fact and considers himself a danger to others. Maybe that's why he lives so far away from the rest of Underswap's residents,,,,
(Cross's timeline, roughly:
XTale- 0-19 y/o
Doodlesphere- 19-21 y/o
Underswap- 21-26 y/o [current] )