I am a good wolf.
Shoe howled, sniffed the air briefly, and set off after Life.
I am a good daughter. I will help you tear her to pieces, Mommy.
Oh, how nice it was to get some time alone with her mother. Shoe had missed her.
She was picking up so many scents from different entities--how many of them were there now?--but Life's scent was distinct. Life's scent had something special about it, something unique. Something so eager to be snuffed out.
As Shoe continued tracking that scent, she noticed something. She could smell another entity with it.
She stopped walking for a moment and began pacing, sniffing the ground, the trees, the air, everything. She whimpered once, as if to alert Ludovica that her nose was picking up something unusual.
There are two. I'll rip them both up for you, Mommy. I am a good girl.
Something about her breath near his ear made Malin shudder. He chose to believe it wasn't because Life herself was the one breathing on him.
"It's completely ridiculous," he admitted. "I can give you the whole crazy laydown if you want it. It's so stupid, everyone got crazy busy not long after--it wasn't long after you were sealed. Should I not talk about that? S-sorry."
Curse his awkwardness. Malin debated asking Xenos to seal him in a jar and break the jar.
"My dad is my father and my grandpa at the same time. He also did it with his mom and his grandma. He's so stupid. Family is supposed to be sacred, not some thing you make with whoever the h*ll you want. That's why creation is so beautiful, because humans actually value family and it's not just some stupid game to them--humans care, they don't yell at you for being in a 'phase' when it's obviously not just a 'phase', it's something I believe in, so shut up, Mom!"
Malin was very aware he'd started rambling. He cleared his throat.
"...Or whatever."
"You requested company?"
The voice came from behind Bennie. She turned around, prepared to stop whoever it was from stopping her.
She found her son.
Or at least, she thought it was her son. He looked vaguely familiar, and she was sure she'd felt this kind of soul before. She was sure it was him. This was...
"Kevin," Bennie declared, confident.