“Are you okay…? ‘Cause you don’t seem very okay.” King Clawthorne (mellowsmuses)
Collector tilted their head at the question. Huh? Of course they were okay, what could King mean by -
There was that weird eye stuff again.
Collector brought a hand up to his face, where sure enough he felt a tear start to escape his eye, letting the hand linger there before wiping it away. He didn't mean to - or even notice that he'd started to cry a little.
What had began as a relaxing night watching the stars go by with King, going through all sorts of diagrams and books lent to them by Eda about the different constellations in the Boiling Isles' night sky - had become something melancholy in the Collector's mind.
They used to sit and watch the sky with baby Titans all the time, telling them stories of their time in the cosmos with the Archivists. It was such a happy collection of memories, now tainted by the knowledge that the other Titans - their old best friends - were gone forever.
But... it wasn't just sadness about that, they didn't think. They were definitely feeling something close to sad, they thought, but they were also.. happy? At the same time, to be able to watch the stars with a friend again.
❝ Yeah, I'm... mostly okay, I think. I don't know. Emotions are confusing, ❞ he huffed, wiping his eyes with a sleeve once more, ❝ I... miss getting to study all the stars and stuff, but... I'm glad I get to look at all of 'em with you. ❞ He offered, turning his head to give a lopsided smile to his Titan friend.
