”I’m sure they will enjoy their fate.” It was impossible to tell if Saiden was talking about resting with Mort, or about being played with eternally by Ludo. Maybe both. Definitely both.
The cook was about to follow up on the kraken comment. However, its words about his sister and a niece shocked him into silence. Though he knew better, a hope he’d long since given up on, that he might see his family again, rekindled deep within. Perhaps too dumb to realize what the words actually meant (or perhaps, deep down, his subconscious didn’t want to reckon with why Ludo, of all beings, the herald that escorted souls to their final rest, might be telling him all this now) caused the Hali to look at it with bright and eager eyes.
”Wait, I have a niece? And she lives by the Aumakua? Also, what do you mean, Vanya’s a star?” He leaned forward, a suddenly and uncharacteristically serious expression on his face. ”What about the rest of my siblings? Do they live too?” There was an almost pleading tone to his voice.
The cook was about to follow up on the kraken comment. However, its words about his sister and a niece shocked him into silence. Though he knew better, a hope he’d long since given up on, that he might see his family again, rekindled deep within. Perhaps too dumb to realize what the words actually meant (or perhaps, deep down, his subconscious didn’t want to reckon with why Ludo, of all beings, the herald that escorted souls to their final rest, might be telling him all this now) caused the Hali to look at it with bright and eager eyes.
”Wait, I have a niece? And she lives by the Aumakua? Also, what do you mean, Vanya’s a star?” He leaned forward, a suddenly and uncharacteristically serious expression on his face. ”What about the rest of my siblings? Do they live too?” There was an almost pleading tone to his voice.
