DELTARUNE TODAY

You carefully shift, angling the map. The ink is still wet, glistening faintly in the dim light. Hallownest is a rather vast kingdom, one you still had yet to explore and uncover its secrets. You often didn't get much time to spend with them because of this.

Hollow runs a claw over the parchment with a tilt of their head, stopping at the corner, where the words CRYSTAL PEAK are written in bold.

"The mines," You say, shifting to lean back against them, "I haven't fully explored them yet. I am hoping to collect samples if I can." There was something about rocks with you that intrigued them greatly. Like you had a way of listening to them speak, long after their voices had faded.

You adjust your collar—which earns you a soft chirp as the tiny face of the bug sleeping there emerges. The small one let's out a series of chirps and trills, as if complaining about the movement. Hollow merely tucks them back into the fabric, a hand brushing over their shell before retreating.

You fall asleep like that later that night, curled up low in the mass of blankets.

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