our hopes and expectations

The warmth flooded through Ludo and it wrapped itself ever more comfortably around Mort's shoulders, little more than a god's comfort blanket in that moment. Oh, how it had missed him. "She does, yes. She wanted all the world within the barrier to know her. Whether that was to try and do Vi's bidding or for her own needs I don't know." Mort fussed over him further and Ludo unravelled itself reluctantly from around him, floating before its master like a child requesting permission. "May I go to the woods, please?" it asked. Not any woods. Ludo's Woods. LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own