#stackpile au

1) I imagine not always all the vessels are present, which results in the PV growing and shrinking.

2) Surely someone had to walk in on the vessels just chilling, no one really did anything as the retainers don't know almost anything about The Vessel and they do not dare to question The King (even tho the king also doesn't know shit) so you know? Multiple Pure Vessels? This could just as well happen. (well i mean they're not wrong?)

3) pretty sure after a while others would believe immediately, seeing the weirdness of The Vessel

4) the siblings after some time stopped really giving a shit what's happening around them, they're not really hiding much anymore as long as no one snitches on them to the king (as if the king would believe anyone)

5) callback to one of the previous comics, retainers worry that Hornet will meet the same fate as all the random children that The Vessel has pulled in before. All they really know is that PV has been walking around and consuming abandonded children along the way (as they don't know the children are vessels as well), which later may show up as one of the masks/faces of The Vessel. Nightmare fuel for them, I guess.