Heartless became slightly anxious as yellow eyes widened and watched the teen stand and walk away, his hissing and humming becoming slightly louder for a moment.
darkdarkDARKHEARTDARKBOYDARKBOYDARKBOY...
He struggled with his legs, moving forward and crouching first - he felt more comfortable like this, knelt down. It was a more familiar height level, though even this was still too tall. He eyed the lack of shade out there, where the Dark Boy was moving now, and seemed to distrust it; but then something else suddenly caught his attention.
It singed his mind so badly that for a fleeting second he thought he'd been burned. His senseless chatter ceased instantly, and the shadow was utterly silent. He seemed to cringe, trying to cave in on himself for a moment -- but he finally looked up, and stared at the other boy. The Light Boy.
The key bearer.
He disregarded the light then, scrambling forward and lunging onto his awkward legs. He stumbled but was able to catch the pattern of movement in a moment or two. He was walking, though there was a jitter to his step; he wobbled, unused to balancing his body, and so the motion he set into was slightly off-step. He swayed a tiny bit, but as far as he was concerned, could move just fine, thanks very much.
He seized after the Dark Boy, who had seemingly become engaged with some other human. Normally, Heartless would have seized the chance to launch his own attack, but was too occupied at the moment. He waded his way over to the teen, and then promptly crouched down a foot or so from his side. His hissing had started up again, and he quite blatantly ignored the taller human and the drawn weapons. His gaze was locked on the keybearer waiting placidly in the line, eyes wide and hungry.
The humming and chattering he made was no longer soft, but almost madly incessant. He was demanding the Dark Boy's attention - he could care less if a battle broke out, he continued his chatter;
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Heartless became slightly anxious as yellow eyes widened and watched the teen stand and walk away, his hissing and humming becoming slightly louder for a moment.
darkdarkDARKHEARTDARKBOYDARKBOYDARKBOY...
He struggled with his legs, moving forward and crouching first - he felt more comfortable like this, knelt down. It was a more familiar height level, though even this was still too tall. He eyed the lack of shade out there, where the Dark Boy was moving now, and seemed to distrust it; but then something else suddenly caught his attention.
It singed his mind so badly that for a fleeting second he thought he'd been burned. His senseless chatter ceased instantly, and the shadow was utterly silent. He seemed to cringe, trying to cave in on himself for a moment -- but he finally looked up, and stared at the other boy. The Light Boy.
The key bearer.
He disregarded the light then, scrambling forward and lunging onto his awkward legs. He stumbled but was able to catch the pattern of movement in a moment or two. He was walking, though there was a jitter to his step; he wobbled, unused to balancing his body, and so the motion he set into was slightly off-step. He swayed a tiny bit, but as far as he was concerned, could move just fine, thanks very much.
He seized after the Dark Boy, who had seemingly become engaged with some other human. Normally, Heartless would have seized the chance to launch his own attack, but was too occupied at the moment. He waded his way over to the teen, and then promptly crouched down a foot or so from his side. His hissing had started up again, and he quite blatantly ignored the taller human and the drawn weapons. His gaze was locked on the keybearer waiting placidly in the line, eyes wide and hungry.
The humming and chattering he made was no longer soft, but almost madly incessant. He was demanding the Dark Boy's attention - he could care less if a battle broke out, he continued his chatter;
keykeykeylight key key keydarkboy key keykeykeyheartkillkeykeykk..
The teen had a darkness like him, and so surely he would be urged to seek out the key bearer as well? To destroy him?