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Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ Diligently commits this to memory ]

What's it mean to be a Silverberg?

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[pretend the real name was censored kdjfjfg i always fuck it up]

It means...being the smartest. And winning the wars. And...having secrets.

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ TRIES NOT TO LAUGH ]

Having secrets is a requirement, huh.

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[nodding solemnly]

The most. Um..."knowledge is power."

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ Fuckin nerd ]

It can certainly be an advantage, if you want to win a war. Are you planning to follow in your grandfather's footsteps?

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[nods HARDER]

Grandfather's...the best Silverberg who was ever on the field.

I'm gonna be better.

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

Do you think that will make you happy?

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[he puzzles over that one, in the way a five-year-old might, where they have no idea but also don't really think of it as something to really dissect or worry about in the moment]

I think so...?

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ MMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

Well, if it turns out it doesn't, just remember you can always change the path you're walking.

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[he starts to answer that, but stops and goes pale, as the sound of footsteps starts up in the hall outside. holds up a finger to his mouth instead: shhhhhh]

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ CLAPS A HAND OVER HIS OWN MOUTH ]

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[they're a measured tread on the tiles, a light, deliberate walk. when they pass by the room, Minuet can only see darkness through the crack in the door.

but he gets a kind of psychic echo, either spillover from the child or a memory or both: sharp excitement mixed with bone-deep terror, a sense of wanting something forbidden even knowing it'll cause harm, a deep certainty with 'a trusted adult told me this in very certain terms' feeling behind it that if he so much as peers out into the hall to get a better look Something Terrible Will Happen]

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ What the fuck

Glances at baby Charon like "hello???" ]

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[the steps have paused outside the door. darkness still obscures the narrow view outside.]

baby Charon just shakes his head. like. this kid is terrified actually]

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ Still hushed Just In Case: ]

Who was that?

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[oh nooooo buddy he told you to shush

a hand reaches around the door. it's...a pretty normal hand, all things considered. black-gloved like Charon's typically are, black sleeve, white cuff. but there's a stink of blood that comes with it, rolling and intense]

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ Ok but he's feeling kinda defensive here at this point.

He crosses the room to pull the door the rest of the way open. ]

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[the reaching hand disappears. there's just darkness filling the doorway, and a distant red star, and an echo of laughter

someone grabs his wrist from behind. they have very small hands tho so it's probably the baby]

1/2

[featherduster]

[ GLARING AFTER WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT WAS ]

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

[ Turning back to the baby ]

Sorry. Everything's okay, I think.

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[SHAKING HIS HEAD]

He's going to get you. Grandfather said if you got his attention...

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

Don't worry. I'm pretty strong.

Is he a demon?

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

[he hesitates on the response for a long moment, but finally nods]

Are you a demon?

Re: [night 61]

[featherduster]

Something like that.

He seems to have an interest in your family. You were told to stay away from him, huh?

[ FAT LOT OF GOOD THAT DID!!! ]

Re: [night 61]

[endsjustified]

He can hurt me. It would cause a lot of bother.

[his little hands tighten on Minuet's wrist, though]

. . . don't kill him. Grandfather needs him.