[ They ascend the second set of stairs, but only after his eyes happen to meet his and she offers a small, charitable smile. It is a small candle’s flame flickering in the darkness, but no one should covet the light.
She is strong to smile in a chamber such as this, for there is only death here. Does she do so for her own sake, or to reassure him? Either way, she needn’t push herself— thus, better to move on so she may rest for she, too, endured her own horrors.
While he does not hurry her once they reach the dais, Somnus crosses in front of her to the throne, then to the side of it. A door wouldn’t normally be there, but it is. He only pauses then, looking towards the chamber, the suspended bodies, then the throne, and finally back to her. ]
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She is strong to smile in a chamber such as this, for there is only death here. Does she do so for her own sake, or to reassure him? Either way, she needn’t push herself— thus, better to move on so she may rest for she, too, endured her own horrors.
While he does not hurry her once they reach the dais, Somnus crosses in front of her to the throne, then to the side of it. A door wouldn’t normally be there, but it is. He only pauses then, looking towards the chamber, the suspended bodies, then the throne, and finally back to her. ]
I shall follow after.