Emberwood Vilipending Loneliness

Spook nodded. It was good to know, and though it didn't give them much new info just about that one guy, at least it probably meant a lot of them were probably awful. Well, at least they didn't try to kill you too or something. That was the impression he'd been given about them, and he'd rather continue thinking that because it sounded like the most safe option. Spook really wanted to stay all in one piece.

He crinkled his nose, sort of confused, A prince? But it was more to himself. Arbiter hadn't called him that before had she? No. He didn't even really know what that would entail, as Arbiter was one who scoffed at the idea of royalty. Wait, ew, did that make Brou a princess? Nobody tell her that. That was illegal, she'd start prancing around and they'd never hear the end of it!

Whatever, Taikon was talking again -- and then he moved on to something else that tore at the barely healed wound. His mouth opened and closed for a moment before he finally said, quietly, He's dead. Which pretty well ended things there. How was Spook supposed to just move beyond that?