Quirrel: I’ve Called This Meeting Because I’ve Been Informed That Some Of You Aren’t Getting Along.

Monomon, showing Quirrel a slab of runes: LOOK A’ THIS GR A P H

Quirrel, staring in silence:

Nightmare King Grimm: This kid’s definitely on crack right now.

Ghost, being killed for the twentieth time: YAAAA

Ghost, hearing the organ kick in for the two-hundredth time: YAAA A AA A A AA A

Pale King: I am the Pale King, guardian of the bugs!

White Lady: The Radiance quivers before him!

Pale King at the sun: FUCK OFF!

Hornet: Go ahead and introduce yourself.

Ghost, fumbling to put on their new Hiveblood charm: My name is Ghost with a B, and I’ve been afraid of insects for the past half ho—

Hornet: Stop, stop, stop. Where?

Ghost: Hm?

Hornet: Where’s the bee?

Ghost: There’s a b e e ?

Grimm: Hmph! Had enough yet?

Ghost, on one mask: [shows Fury of the Fallen]

Grimm: GH—!

The Hollow Knight: [collapses into their chains] I have crippling infection.

Ghost, at one mask: oh no

The Hollow Knight, staggered: oh no

Hornet, embedding her needle in their face: O H Y E A H

Hey, a PK account! It’s great to see him getting some love. So what would you rather: Hornet being tall or the Pure Vessel being small?

“Love appears to be a strong word, considering some of the responses to my presence.” Not entirely inaccurate, though. It had been quite mixed. Odd, how some spoke kindly of him, despite what he had done.

He considered the question, mouthparts working in introspection. “Do we speak in terms of age, or height alone? I am sure Hornet would be quite fine with growing more.”

“But if we speak of age, and the Pure Vessel being returned to their youth...”

“They deserve an actual childhood.”

Ghost, holding up an airhorn: Airhorn prank.

Airhorn: IF THE VOLUME OF KILLED VESSELS IS HIGH ENOUGH, EVEN IF THE CONTAINMENT SUCCEEDS, IT’LL BE A PHYRRIC VICTORY AND YOU’LL BE KNOWN NOT AS THE KING WHO SAVED HIS KINGDOM BUT THE ONE WHO PERFORMED A GENOCIDE ON HIS OWN CHILDREN IN A NEARLY IN VAIN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE WORLD IN STASIS AND YOUR KINGDOM ETERNAL

Pale King: Did someone say something?