I humbly kneel before you to request an audience.” “It is you who are the guest,” the Darkened One replied to the Emperor. “Honored guest,” said a deep voice, disturbing Deet’s body and its occupants from their almost-slumber. Deet longed for sleep, for the brief dark hours where she was unconscious and at peace. Now, late in the day, her body rested upon the throne, Lore standing guard. She retreated into her memories of home, safe deep in the ground, the feel of the cool rock beneath her fingers, and the blue glow of the moss reflecting on the smiling faces of her family and friends.
Together, they watched the small faces distort in fear, heard their screams and the crashes of collapsing homes, smelled the odor of soil mixed with blood.ĭeet was sickened by these visions, and as she sickened, the power of the Darkening over her body grew more complete. Earlier that day, they had shared the mind of a Darkened nebrie as it uprooted an entire village of Podlings. Through the Crystal, Deet and the Darkened spirit could enter the minds of Darkened creatures across Thra and experience their fear and their wrath. When Deet’s body was awake, they roamed the halls, occasionally frightening the Skeksis, sometimes interrogating them about how they had managed to spread the Darkening so effectively, and, most often, going to the Crystal Chamber and connecting to the Crystal itself, which was, like Deet, possessed by the spirit of the Darkening. Several days had passed since Deet and the spirit that possessed her had decided to remain in the Castle of the Crystal. ******The Rose Sun was low in the sky, flanked by the Dying, and together they cast steep rays of red and red-violet through the windows of the throne room.
POVs: Deet, Amri, Vow-Guy, Naia, Deet, Kylan, skekTek A necessary part of the scientific process. Part 2.3: Blight & Waste An alliance proposed.
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