#subconites

Step 70: Do you mind if I apologize? (1/4)

There never was a giant hourglass but always these thorns...

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“Whoah.. they’re so cool!”

“I wish we had a big scary lizards like that instead of those dumb grabby hands.”

“They’d sure make a great addition..”

“Oh hi, Boss!”

“Hm?”

And 3 Snatchers are better than 1

"one Snatcher does all the contracts"

"One Snatcher gives orders"

"And one Snatcher, uh, watches!"

It took two weeks after The Collector became well known for the first hilichurl scout to be sent in, alone. The hilichurl, which would later be known as Harvest, had been found by a subconite going by “M”, & she had subsequently dragged him into one of The Collector’s vine traps, or “summoning circles” as the younger ones call it. The presence of a living being in one of the traps had, of course, gotten the spirit’s attention, and she made her presence known quickly. Now, at this point, The Collector had been expecting yet another “lost” mortal or ghost hunter that she would steal the soul of & later kill, keeping the soul with her.

The abyss scout had not been a welcome surprise, as it meant that The Abyss’s attention had been drawn to her forest. Plus, it wasn’t like she could kill it without it reforming in Abyss territory. But then she remembered how most abyssal creatures were created & she decided to do a little check. Yep, the hilichurl had a soul. And that meant sentience that was at very least being suppressed by abyssal energy.