While this happened, Emotive tilted her head at the blue storm, then skipped over to THE Creature.
"Big Scary Creature," she said, hugging her own arms as she looked up at him. "You moved alone for most of it, didn't you? In THE Infinite Unfurling, and THE Earliest Folds, before you took in Early Creatures. Are you doing so again?"
THE Creature looked down at her for a moment before answering.
"Sometimes, moving alone is freer," he said. "There is less weight. Beings like Osmont, who move around carrying so much more, are inviting tremendously more adversity onto themselves with every step. The more you hold, the more existence can reach." His obsidian flames burned low and even as he spoke.
"I moved with my other half, once, for years. And she was brutalized and killed in front of me. Since then, I have wished to bear the adversity of Existence alone." He paused. "Alone."
...!
Emotive looked at him, and the mania in her eyes settled. She sighed.
"I'm sorry," she said.
