He felt the shift when it happened, as the madness fell away and the lantern's light seemed to reach farther than ever before into the dark. Confidence bred confidence and the song rose, clear and steady, calling, calling. Not coaxing anymore, but triumphant and welcoming, his voice reaching out beyond the edge of light to guide and welcome.
He was out on LongNight, being anything but sneaky, and he knew the risk he ran. His voice could call stronger monsters as well as lost souls, but too many had already been lost to the night. Too many. Isla, Ru'in, Cera, Caiside, and so many others. He had asked to walk where Ludo's strength could not reach and now, for this moment, as the spirits gathered and swirled around him, he felt the fierce pride of having won something back from the devouring dark.
He held the lantern out to those who came, offering its light, its refuge until Ludo and Mort could return to bring them home. His voice in song reassured and invited, welcoming those who sought its glow and he trusted to Ludo's construction to shelter as many souls as could be drawn from the night that had sought to trap them.
He was out on LongNight, being anything but sneaky, and he knew the risk he ran. His voice could call stronger monsters as well as lost souls, but too many had already been lost to the night. Too many. Isla, Ru'in, Cera, Caiside, and so many others. He had asked to walk where Ludo's strength could not reach and now, for this moment, as the spirits gathered and swirled around him, he felt the fierce pride of having won something back from the devouring dark.
He held the lantern out to those who came, offering its light, its refuge until Ludo and Mort could return to bring them home. His voice in song reassured and invited, welcoming those who sought its glow and he trusted to Ludo's construction to shelter as many souls as could be drawn from the night that had sought to trap them.
