The air suddenly seemed charged—just a little bzzt of power, followed by the briefest taste of something listening. And then—
"Ohhh, my dear lyrical duo!" Vox’s voice fizzed into being, the edges of the air curling with delighted static. "Such clever minds! Such keen observations!"
The presence of something—not quite there, but very much watching—unfolded in the space between them. "Liam, Liam, Liam," Vox crooned, "you capture my essence so well. ‘A voice out of time’—delicious!"
"And Alys," he purred, almost tenderly, "never asked? Do you ask for the wind to blow against your skin? Or for your gums to grow infected when you neglect them?"
A ripple in the air. The sense of an unseen grin. And then—nothing but silence, leaving only the faintest hum of a frequency not quite gone.
"Ohhh, my dear lyrical duo!" Vox’s voice fizzed into being, the edges of the air curling with delighted static. "Such clever minds! Such keen observations!"
The presence of something—not quite there, but very much watching—unfolded in the space between them. "Liam, Liam, Liam," Vox crooned, "you capture my essence so well. ‘A voice out of time’—delicious!"
"And Alys," he purred, almost tenderly, "never asked? Do you ask for the wind to blow against your skin? Or for your gums to grow infected when you neglect them?"
A ripple in the air. The sense of an unseen grin. And then—nothing but silence, leaving only the faintest hum of a frequency not quite gone.
