If the Knight had the requisite facial features, they might have frowned. As it is, they seem...not annoyed, but sulky almost, in the manner of a child being given an answer they're not satisfied with.
Perhaps offering up more information about themselves will give the Drifter more comfort, make it easier for them to speak about themselves; it's what their friend wants, after all. Perhaps they can satisfy two things at once this way. ]
I-AM-DIFFERENT-FROM-SIBLINGS
MORE-FEELINGS
MORE-STRENGTH
[ They pause, and then decide to elaborate on why this is so important. Because it is, because there's no way for others to know unless they tell them. (It has never been important for them to tell anyone, until now.) ]
FEELINGS-IMPORTANT
MADE-WITHOUT-- [ They pause, abruptly. No, they can't 'speak' the words. It wouldn't come out right. They'll write them down.
What the Knight writes next is more precise. Quoting someone else's words, something they had heard a long time ago, and more recently remembered.
No cost too great. No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering. Born of God and Void.
You shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams. You are the Vessel. You are the Hollow Knight.
They stare, somewhat sadly, at the words in the sand, before sort of just, gesturing. ]
OLDER-SIBLING-WAS-CHOSEN [ they sign, after a moment, to try and provide some kind of context for the words. Their sibling was consigned to a terrible fate. It still pains them to think of, even now. ]
no subject
[ The response is just as quick.
If the Knight had the requisite facial features, they might have frowned. As it is, they seem...not annoyed, but sulky almost, in the manner of a child being given an answer they're not satisfied with.
Perhaps offering up more information about themselves will give the Drifter more comfort, make it easier for them to speak about themselves; it's what their friend wants, after all. Perhaps they can satisfy two things at once this way. ]
I-AM-DIFFERENT-FROM-SIBLINGS
MORE-FEELINGS
MORE-STRENGTH
[ They pause, and then decide to elaborate on why this is so important. Because it is, because there's no way for others to know unless they tell them. (It has never been important for them to tell anyone, until now.) ]
FEELINGS-IMPORTANT
MADE-WITHOUT-- [ They pause, abruptly. No, they can't 'speak' the words. It wouldn't come out right. They'll write them down.
What the Knight writes next is more precise. Quoting someone else's words, something they had heard a long time ago, and more recently remembered.
No cost too great.
No mind to think.
No will to break.
No voice to cry suffering.
Born of God and Void.
You shall seal the blinding light that plagues their dreams.
You are the Vessel.
You are the Hollow Knight.
They stare, somewhat sadly, at the words in the sand, before sort of just, gesturing. ]
OLDER-SIBLING-WAS-CHOSEN [ they sign, after a moment, to try and provide some kind of context for the words. Their sibling was consigned to a terrible fate. It still pains them to think of, even now. ]