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[dreamnailedit]

Hello.

This is The Knight.

I wish to talk about families.

What is your family like? Do you have siblings? I have many siblings. More siblings than there are moonblessed. One of them is here with me. They are also a knight. They were one long before I was, and they are very good at it.

I have a child. They were not born by mating, as humans do, but by a dance with myself and my friend Grimm. It was part of an important ritual.

My Father is a King. My Mother is a Tree. Also a Queen.

That is all of my family. Please tell me about yours.

Comments

[nipzips]

okay, i'm going to assume you're telling the truth and not playing me like a fool

how does that even work? did your dad ... [ bang a tree?? but it feels really rude to just ask that outright, so he trails off. ]

[dreamnailedit]

I do not know how. You would have to ask one of them.

But they are not here.

Mother was very prolific, however.

[nipzips]

prolific how? she a famous tree?

[dreamnailedit]

Prolific because I have many, many siblings.

But yes she is also famous, I think.

She is Queen after all.

[nipzips]

is she a talking tree [ that's somehow the first thing he thinks to ask ]

[dreamnailedit]

Yes, she can speak. Very well in fact.

And she has much knowledge to share.

[nipzips]

oh, okay. that's nice to know.

i was thinking it'd be really sad if you couldn't connect with your own mom

[dreamnailedit]

She is somewhat difficult to visit.

The Queen's Gardens are very dangerous.

[nipzips]

if she's your mom, why would she make it difficult for you to see her?

[dreamnailedit]

I do not think the Gardens were always that way.

But Hallownest fell long ago.

[nipzips]

this a halloween thing? sounds kinda dramatic

[dreamnailedit]

I do not know what Halloween is. Hallownest is the kingdom I come from.

[nipzips]

oh ... okay [ wait. ]

dude, your whole kingdom fell?? that's awful

[dreamnailedit]

Yes. Her anger tore Hallownest down, despite Father and my sibling's best efforts.

But She is gone now, and it is not over. My sister will rebuild.

[nipzips]

and your family? they all safe?

[dreamnailedit]

Father is dead. Mother is a tree. Hornet will rebuild.

The rest are together with me. We are the Void.

[nipzips]

[ this is a lot to follow ... ]

sorry about what happened to your dad. that sounds really tough. i'm glad you've got your brothers and sisters with you though.

-- that some kinda family catchphrase or something? [ sounds a bit ominous. ]

[dreamnailedit]

No. Only the truth of myself and my siblings. We are all linked together as part of the force Father used to alter us into the vessels he needed.

Even across worlds, the Void connects us.

[nipzips]

seriously man

is this a prank??????

i ain't gonna beat you up if it is so you can just tell me the truth

[dreamnailedit]

A prank?

I do not understand what would be funny about my story.