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I have a question for your lovely Wheylan about how protective he would be over a loved one? [Cough cough Dukemir, cough cough]
Dukemir has been having troubles with other nobles recently. Some of them have been so terribly mean to him. They talk behind his back about how he might be just as bad if not worse than Crownus!! This obviously isn't true, it's Dukemir. The most he will do to the other puppets is a slap on the wrist. [Metaphorically. Duke wouldn't actually put his hand on another puppet unless it was necessary]
Say if Wheylan was to over hear one of the nobles conversations about Dukemir. What would his reaction be?
Cough cough, hi Havoc, cough cough. I'm going to pretend I didn't have a draft of something akin to that in my own stuff. Since I don't plan on actually making a comic, though, here we go :).
Wheylan would feel angered. How dare these nobles keep insisting that Duke Dukemir of the Rulleington's House was anywhere NEAR as bad as Crownus.
Dukemir, in Wheylan's eyes, is well-meaning. He doesn't care for status unlike some of these ignoble asses, helping everyone without caring for himself. He loves freely, giving up time he could be using for himself, should be using for himself, to others. He has so many qualities that Wheylan wishes more people had (including themself).
However...Wheylan's fear of the noble class and literally anyone who is considered higher than a peasant still scares them. So, instead of going directly over and telling those nobles to stop spreading such abhorred rumors, they would pull out their journal and start noting down who said what. It never hurts to get more information on others, even if they won't approach the others (except maybe in a particular disguise, as seen in the comic).
And, then, of course, Wheylan is going to go find the duke. They'll summon their shadow puppets to find Dukemir. After all the information is accounted for, Wheylan will set off into whatever direction his shadows lead him. Knowing Dukemir, the other will probably try to brush it off, but not Wheylan, no. They're going to be mad, letting it boil inside of them (not literally), but stay as calm as possible for their lover.
If they find Dukemir fast enough, Wheylan will do their best to follow Dukemir around until there's a moment they can pull the other aside, spew a bunch of positive affirmations, and see if they can get a private moment together with the duke just to get him to take a break.
If they don't find Dukemir fast enough, then Wheylan is going to retreat back to their room (or Duke's, whoever is closer, really), and keep a shadow tailing Dukemir in their stead. If/When Dukemir comes back to whoever's abode they're sharing, Wheylan's going to insist on spooning the duke because they're upset and the duke is probably not going to say no, and then they'll mutter all the good things they remember Dukemir doing for the kingdom before drifting off to sleep. Precious and Soleil will actually not be summoned here before Wheylan is putting all their brainpower into getting all the compliments out before they pass out, lol.
