#v: lanternbound.

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wayfarcr

       ‘ And here I’d thought you’d gone forever. ’ Oh, there was no point trying to persuade this one. If he gave up on his own, the Beast would certainly fall upon him, but he remembered with perfect clarity what had happened last time he’d involved himself with the boy.

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askmabelangelo

       ‘ I like your singing. Will you sing something for me ? ’

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strongerthanthetwoofthem

       Two souls in place of one -- that was not something that he had any interest in. On the contrary, he was wary of it, and kept to the shadows. Best to send them on their way without the Woodsman getting involved. ‘ You don’t belong here, do you ? ’

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anomaliies

       ‘ Did you come to the woods alone ? I don’t think you did. Aren’t you missing somebody ? ’

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       ‘ Are you sure you want to go that way ? Nobody likes what lies that way. ’

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ignatiius​

       It seemed as though another had entered the Unknown in the usual way. Immediately, fear had begun spreading through the roots of the forest, rattling at his feet. There was a darkness in this one that he had not seen in quite some time, but he had not come here to die, which was new. Usually those with such hopelessness crawled into the woods and quickly gave themselves up to the earth, but here was somebody ( or something ) that was still walking. He prodded the soul, felt sensitivity in addition to the wariness. Some singing would do him good.

       ‘ Tra la la la, tra la la la ! ’                             Come this way, come my way.