[Grimm reaches out and places a hand on each side of the Pale King's head, gentling turning him to face the Troupe Master. Many would never dare touch the King but Grimm has long since stopped caring. He could move away easily - Grimm still maintained the ability to choose, even now - but he wanted the Pale King to look.
He knew of the Ritual. That was the sole topic that remained a constant debate between the two of them, the point of such a thing and the child born from the death of their father. Since the beginning of the split of realms, the Nightmare King had created his vessel and Grimm created his child from his own flame. They would consume him in the end, eat away at the flame so they could grow and would always be the cause of Grimm's death.
Yet he continued to love them, kept that young flame alive as it was nurture to maturity. These feelings could be considered a flaw. A machine that created an endless song loving the brief moment when the tune flagged upon his death.
But Grimm would love the Grimmchild no matter how the Pale King phrased his points. Illogical, unneeded. But Grimm's own nightmares were of the Grimmchild's death.]
The heart is something you will never be able to take apart, my friend. These feelings you possess for me...we both know how to make it stop.
[Harking back to Grimm's question, would things change if he left for good? The Lantern remained unguarded. The Pale King's followers would not approach it and those infected by the plague strangely were warded away.
But nothing would not stop the Pale King himself from destroying the Nightmare Lantern and ending his own dream of these feelings and he knows that the choice is there. Oh, certainly Grimm would have his own thoughts if the Wyrm made that choice but he would not stop it from happening.
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[Grimm reaches out and places a hand on each side of the Pale King's head, gentling turning him to face the Troupe Master. Many would never dare touch the King but Grimm has long since stopped caring. He could move away easily - Grimm still maintained the ability to choose, even now - but he wanted the Pale King to look.
He knew of the Ritual. That was the sole topic that remained a constant debate between the two of them, the point of such a thing and the child born from the death of their father. Since the beginning of the split of realms, the Nightmare King had created his vessel and Grimm created his child from his own flame. They would consume him in the end, eat away at the flame so they could grow and would always be the cause of Grimm's death.
Yet he continued to love them, kept that young flame alive as it was nurture to maturity. These feelings could be considered a flaw. A machine that created an endless song loving the brief moment when the tune flagged upon his death.
But Grimm would love the Grimmchild no matter how the Pale King phrased his points. Illogical, unneeded. But Grimm's own nightmares were of the Grimmchild's death.]
The heart is something you will never be able to take apart, my friend. These feelings you possess for me...we both know how to make it stop.
[Harking back to Grimm's question, would things change if he left for good? The Lantern remained unguarded. The Pale King's followers would not approach it and those infected by the plague strangely were warded away.
But nothing would not stop the Pale King himself from destroying the Nightmare Lantern and ending his own dream of these feelings and he knows that the choice is there. Oh, certainly Grimm would have his own thoughts if the Wyrm made that choice but he would not stop it from happening.
Would it happen? Well, Wyrm?]