[KQ] can't, or won't?

REMI

the lullaby

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair

With the basilisk no more than a feather in his massive tentacles (and yes, also because he's been holding his breath), Remi shrinks and shifts back. With the body of a man in his arms, the Lullaby sets him down as gently as possible while still reeling slightly from the injuries he's sustained.

"I...looks that way." Remi mumbles, breathless, nodding toward the amulet. Swallowing, Remi runs a hand through his curls which are now covered in stone dust and blood. Glancing toward Deimos, Remi tries to supplement his husband's suggestion. "The rapier I found...it...I don't know how to explain it, other than I could feel it thinking about killing me. It didn't, but not for any reason I understand." Which was all just to say whatever might happen, neither demigod knew what it was, or why it might happen.

Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!