• Holden spends most of his free time either sleeping or gathering supplies enough for him not needing to go outside for a long period of time. His skill for stealing and pickpocketing has gone rusty.
• He's grown a habit of placing traps as a way of marking his territory. Sometimes Mhin would run into him or one of his traps when hunting or patrolling at night. Other times it's one of Ais' unlucky pets.
• Speaking of pets, Holden is afraid of Princess. He has trapped and peeled open many Soulless before her but for some reason, she's far clever than the rest. He's scared that he'll come to like her but there might come a day where he has to kill Princess if Ais tries anything. As much as he wants to pet her, he must stay away.
• Ais can't tell if Holden's presence makes him feel more or less lonely. On one hand, he's not much to converse with and on the other hand, his lack of responses would tick the confident fox into embarassing himself, to which for Ais, is a funny sight to see. Holden would also taunt Ais from time to time to check for whatever annoys him enough to piss off, but the horned bastard could see through his little actions and taunt back to the menace.
• He does errands for Kuras. If the doctor needs a certain type of herb, Holden doesn't have to go for the trouble of obtaining them as he grew some herbs in his little garden. He also does errands for Leander, unfortunately. Leander constantly attempts to invite Holden to the Wet Wick, his invites were always turned down however.
• Kuras seems concerned for Holden as the lad barely interacts with people, almost mute, and even avoids seeing his own reflection. Any flirtatious advances whether the person is interested in him or just for fun, he'd take in as offense and walk away. Vere's sugar-coated insults would always fall on deaf ears, not even sending a glare. At this point, Kuras is sure Holden will beat Mhin in an anti-socializing contest.
• Mhin finds Holden's staring too intense and uncomfortable, empty obsidian eyes boring into them like twin black holes. His seemingly unblinking lifeless eyes reminded them of death... They appreciate his silence though.
• Vere does not see Holden as a threat but that doesn't mean that he won't show the little menace who's the bigger threat. He'll continue to poke and prod at him despite the lad not showing any reactions to his teasing. Vere becomes tired after that and decides to leave him alone, he couldn't get anything fun out if him. Maybe he could use him as a distraction to Leander to get those drinks.
• As for Leander, well, another stranger to befriend! Kuras talks highly of Holden, so surely they'll be getting along just fine. He couldn't get him to try any of his drinks and he didn't accept any of his or his followers' help, only accepting errands from the man. Don't worry, he'll reach out to him eventually. Leander finds it fun to have Holden around, he hasn't seen Vere this embarassed before! And he was impressed that he has the balls to taunt Ais in front of everyone. Leander kind of feels left out and hopes that he'll at least exchange a word or two :)
• Ever since Holden arrived in Eridia, his narcoleptic tendencies make it hard for him to focus on the plan to infiltrate the Senobium... He was awake for most of his life. Abandoned Free from the life as a member of a syndicate and no longer controlled by his superiors, he doesn't know what to do with this newfound freedom.
• But does he really need the cure for his curse now that he's free from what torments him the most? Isn't he content by just living in the completely isolated life he dreamed of, away from the cruel humans and monsters...?
• No, he'll still pursue it. Either from guilt for harming others or that nagging feeling to live a normal life as a normal human, Holden will search for the cure until the day he dies by the hand of the Senobium or their chained fox. For now, he must tolerate being around people. When it's all over, he won't have to go outside, never again.
