[ it works a charm, because vash's text loses the frenetic edge it had before. no longer is it like someone's hands flying across a keyboard, fingers stammering with barely concealed panic. the text is steadier now as it scrolls out in front of thancred; vash briefly plays along: ]
Guess it was too shy to do anything about it.
[ there's a brief pause before vash gives him an answer; he remembers what he'd said to geralt about how hiding himself like he would on no man's land doesn't do him or his fellow summoned any favors. ]
I have. In the Horizon, anyway. It's a little too complicated to explain just over messages like this, but I can... feel it. I can feel what it's feeling. And what it's feeling right now is fear. It's terrified by whatever came out of that rift.
[ Thancred finds true value in throwing in some levity here and there when others are panicking. It's not that this isn't serious, but the initial danger has at least passed, and now they need to focus on both exchanging information and sorting out what to do next. It will be easier to do that with clear heads. ]
I'll take care to be polite the next time I cross its path, then.
[ A patent lie. ]
You have invested time in forging a connection of sorts with it, then? If the Singularity is scared, then that must mean that it didn't mean to bring these things here. Which gives me cause for concern that this was calculated on someone's part.
It's kind of you to say so, but worry not — it will take more than a few tentacles to do me in.
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[ Sorry, he has to try and lighten the mood somehow. ]
I was in Nott. It's a smaller settlement in Thorne. You may have heard it mentioned in passing.
And aye, the Singularity generally has something to do with any strange occurrences such as this. Have you had much interaction with it?
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Guess it was too shy to do anything about it.
[ there's a brief pause before vash gives him an answer; he remembers what he'd said to geralt about how hiding himself like he would on no man's land doesn't do him or his fellow summoned any favors. ]
I have. In the Horizon, anyway. It's a little too complicated to explain just over messages like this, but I can... feel it. I can feel what it's feeling. And what it's feeling right now is fear. It's terrified by whatever came out of that rift.
I'm just glad you're okay.
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I'll take care to be polite the next time I cross its path, then.
[ A patent lie. ]
You have invested time in forging a connection of sorts with it, then? If the Singularity is scared, then that must mean that it didn't mean to bring these things here. Which gives me cause for concern that this was calculated on someone's part.
It's kind of you to say so, but worry not — it will take more than a few tentacles to do me in.