❛  FERAL  /  HEART ♡ ,

                             “   YOU ARE BEING SERIOUS this time around, aren’t you, lavi?  “   he’s uncertain, in truth, in regards to how he should proceed.   he doesn’t mean to call his friend a liar;  not by any means.   but even so,   lavi was a lighthearted man --    sometimes, moreso than he should have been.   oftentimes,   the ‘ truths ‘ he spoke were meant to be taken with a grain of salt.    krory had learned as much the hard way.   unwittingly,  he wrings his hands.             /  @bookmans-lavi ,

                              “   OH, IT’S -----     it was nothing, really ...!   “    nerves overtake him for a long moment, then, his lips curling into something of a nervous smile.    allen hadn’t heard him.    perhaps he should have taken that perplexed, lost-in-thought look into consideration after all.    “   just that ... --   “    how best to put it?    “   well,  i thought i’d just ...    thank you again.    for everything you’ve done for me, since ... ...    since romania.   i - i know it must grow tiresome to hear,   but i really am thankful to you and to lavi for your intervention, allen -----.   “

                              “   IT WAS NOTHING, really!    i just ... did what needed to be done!   “    a nervous chuckle to punctuate the statement,   a hand reaching up to rub sheepishly at the base of his neck.    when he’d taken down the demon,   he hadn’t thought he’d have an audience.    now, all that remained to be seen was ---    the reaction.     would it be gratitude, awe ...   or disgust? fear?    “   i ... i just hope that i --   didn’t frighten you.  “                /  @serpentclouded ,

                               “     INSPECTOR LINK, PLEASE.   “      it’s more a plea than it is anything else, though considering the man at-hand, something more firm might have had the desired effect.  he does not know what else to say --   or to do.   all he knows is that somewhere within the order’s confines,  his friend is suffering   (  won’t eat, won’t speak, won’t survive at this rate  ),  and that thus far, he has been powerless to do anything to help him.  but here, now, no matter how daunting or intimidating the task may seem --    he would have to change that.    “     if ... if one of us could see him,  even for a moment ----    we could ...  it might help him -----      “                /  @spellstrips ,

                                “     I THINK -----     you’d have liked romania, miss aylen.   that is,   from what i’d been fortunate enough to see of it. ... ...   “      more than a half-dozen years inside a castle whose interior exuded as much unpleasant hostility as its exterior ----     isolated,  no less    ----  would do that to a person.  rob them of experience that they’d ought to have had,  sights they’d ought to have taken in.   but a monstrous possession laid upon the barren shelf had no place in the outside world;   so the exorcist had been led to believe.  (  more and more each day,  he finds himself grateful for the order. for his friends. his escape.  )   he furrows a brow as he continues on,   speaking almost tentatively.          “     ... the village that grandfather’s castle lay just outside of -----    it was rather small, but ... charming.  ah, and buildings, quite like the ones we’d mentioned earlier!  i - if only i were able to show you ... ... --      “                /  @lycaena ,

                                 “     ----  MULȚUMESC;     it means, ‘ thank you ‘.   ah, go on ----    try it for yourself!   “      allen may not think much of his progress thus far,  but his comrade-in-arms has another opinion on the matter entirely.   his smile’s bright   (  the afterthought of his fearsome teeth, in plain view,  forgotten --    face-to-face with a friend,  a fellow bearer of the burden, he’s no need to hide  ),  and he urges the other on with eager encouragement.          “      you see?  this ....   i - it isn’t so hard, after all --     is it?     “                /   @etiolier ,