Subspace trip mine is dead. After 32 years the last seven he spent slowly dying he is dead. Subspace did not train a successor, but many eager engineers ready to reverse engineer the biographs so it's not much of a problem, he left enough blueprints to continue production. Nothing really changed in Blackrock the funeral was more for deciding on the way to one of his projects goes to who. And how happy everybody was that they no longer had to deal with him. There was also a figure in the background that nobody invited but he came anyway, he was good at sneaking past Blackrocks defenses after all. Coil has very complex emotions he made his way back to Playground. He only went to the funeral to confirm that yes Subspace was truly dead. He even started to feel bad for the guy hearing how the others talked about him, even if he knew it was what Subspace deserved. At least he managed to snag enough crystals to last him until others figure out how to do it. Still the crystal criminal after all. He will still fight against Blackrock... But It will be different without Subspace, always so easy to rile up, always coming up with something new, always fun to defeat... Was this some sort of twisted grief? Maybe. As he was trying to process all of these complicated feelings he heard a familiar beep. A beep that he remembers so well, a pink glow that he knows so well, the concussed feeling he was so familiar with. Feeling of hitting the ground Wait? what? how? And then he saw her curled up at the end of the alley surrounded by trip mines. Clearly a new spawn, scared and alone. He managed to take a good look at her face as she looked up. Nothing like subspaces, even the horn color was a little different. A young scared support. The same gear but a new body a new person a new life. And he knows he knows she will be punished, he isn't the only Playgrounder with a vendetta. He got up activating the speed coil, expertly dodging the trip mines like always. reaching the young scared support. And before he could stop himself, before he could rethink this decision, before he could remember that vendetta he kept for 4 years. His coat is over her, he's lifting her up and taking her home. He's a caretaker now at least he will try to be.