Jern woke with a start.
“What was that?” he mumbled sleepily.
It’s me.
“Who’s me?” he wondered as he rubbed at his eyes.
Anthony.
“Who’s Anthony? Can I go back to sleep, Anthony?”
You were asleep? Sorry about that. I don’t sleep much.
“So… can I?”
No. Well… you can in a second, I just need your attention for a minute. Two minutes. Look, I’ll be honest with you, five minutes probably, then you can go back to sleep.
“I’m really tired, Anthony. Can this wait until the morning?”
I mean… it could? But I’ve already woken you up, so we may as well do this now. Can you go and get your friend?
“Wha… what? Which friend?”
The other golden glowy person. The girl.
“Alis?”
Sure.
“You don’t know?”
Well, I haven’t spoken to her yet, I figured I’d just talk to one of you and then you could get the other.
“She’s… she’s in the girls’ dorm. I can’t go in there.”
Dammit. Look. Just put some pants on or whatever and I’ll get her to meet you outside. I want you to be able to talk to each other while I figure this out.
Jern blinked a few times and rubbed at his eyes again. The fuss over the new Class he and Alis had unlocked had gone on for ages, and frankly, he was exhausted. He didn’t need this right now. He looked down.
“I’m already wearing pants.”
can come meet you. Oh! If you see Beyn, do NOT
That was odd.
bad person? Does
he doesn’t hate me. He likes me too
“He loves you?”
would REALLY prefer we did
I’m getting dressed, I’ll stand
Thanks, I appreciate it.
as quietly as he could so as not to wake those still sleeping around him before he crept to
nighttime beneath the ground, no sun that travelled across the sky, something he was still getting used to. Outside, the light from the Dungeon veins was the same as always. Patrols of humans and ants were constant, and several
similarly stumbling with fatigue. He poked her in the arm and she glared up at him, a little fire returning to her
I can talk to both of you at the same time…. Yep. I can. Nice. Hey, how
feet but Alis glared at…
“I’m tired,” she snapped.
He agreed.
I’m sorry I woke you up! Sheesh! You’ve only got yourselves to blame, showing up all shiny in my Nave
and
Could you perhaps just explain to us who you are? And how
he thought about it. Then
I mean, that’s my name. Which you’ve probably never heard. The Eldest?
Great One?” Alis
Call me
Jern frowned.
kneel or something?” he
Wait, you
He shrugged. Why not?
priest Beyn! They couldn’t possibly talk to us! And
And I AM on the fourth stratum. As for why… that’s what I want to know! You guys have a
we are?” Alis hissed,
really prefer we get through this without me having to talk to Beyn. Between
That
a good fiery
I find it hard to enjoy them since I’m typically the
can understand that,”
How about you, girl? No? You seem to just be getting angrier. Fine. FINE. Have it your
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