innocence died screaming

"Not this time," Ludo laments, as if this really would have been a fun game to play. "I was distracted by the island out in the sea. Things just... slipped through." It wiggles its fingers, sounding a little distant even now, as if its mind is elsewhere. It does, at least, refocus on Remi as he speaks, tilting its head to consider the Lullaby's words. "Tricking you was such fun, once upon a time," it says. "But now you have gone and walked my path for so long, it almost feels wrong." Almost being the key word, there. And it's true that Mateo has since grown into a toddler, a child, a teenager and now a man in his own right, all in the time that Remi has bitten his tongue. "You know how turbulent that would make things, and this is already a time of uncertainty," it remarks. "Are you sure?" LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own