The whispering... The whispering...
Wilson clutched his head. How long had they gone without a cure for sanity? He hadn’t seen any flowers since this started to take hold. He was tired, he couldn’t keep fighting the monsters...
whisper...whisper...whisper...
Willow hugged herself. The world was swirling around her. The bees were beyond her reach. Something was stopping her fires from lighting. Why? Why? The darkness was closing in...
whisper...whisper...whisper...
“T͢ake m̨y ͘han͝d, ̵I̶ w̵i̵ll t͡ak̛e͢ th͝em͞ a҉w͠áy̸.”
Cold washed over Wilson. He looked up into a gigantic single eye that seemed to fill the world. The bite of a terror beak hit his back. He reached out his hand. Yes! Get rid of them!
whisper...whisper...whisper...
“Take͡ mỳ ̧c͘l͝aw,̧ I w̴i̧l͏l͘ ̡l̢i͞ght y͏o̶ur͏ ̵w͟or̨l̸d͏.“
Heat swathed Willow. She peered up into the two dark eyes that glimmered with an inner fire. In the corner of her vision she could see the night flood across the island. She grabbed the Claw. Give me fire again!