[ Riz blinks three times in rapid-fire. He wishes he didn't catch onto that. He's trying really, really hard to not hear what he'd just heard, but once the cat's out of the bag, that's it. ]
Cassandra? The Nightmare King's -- [ he cuts himself off before he can finish the sentence, but his mind's already filled in the gaps. The Nightmare King is actually some sort of being called Cassandra, who they are presumably on first name basis with on account of the fact that she (not he?) was possessed by something, which means that they didn't kill the Nightmare King but rehabilitated them, and... and... ]
Ohhhhh no. No, no, it's fine, I didn't hear that, it's fine! [ Riz does what Riz does best, and just sort of winds up pacing around the room smacking his head like that will make him magically forget what he'd just heard. It's fine. He can just put it out of his head! He can do that, right? He can, right? Even if he doesn't, it's not like Kalina can do anything with this information except for find a way to make sure that Cassandra stays dead or at least dormant, or uses their unwillingness to straight up kill an innocent against them, or warn the Nightmare King about what's going to happen, or, or, or maybe Riz could throw up? He's feeling a little queasy. His ears wag comically on either side of his head as he slaps his cheeks with great force and drags his hands down his face, successfully ignoring Fabian's noble attempts at a distraction.
His voice crawls up an octave. ] It's good! It's fine! This is cool! It's not like anything terrible can happen if Kalina finds out, and I'm totally not thinking about it -- it's cool! It's -- it's --
[ ... ]
Gorgug, just hold Fabian's hand or something, I don't know!
[ Excuse him for a second. He's just gonna go throw up, like, a little bit. A totally cool and normal amount. ]
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Cassandra? The Nightmare King's -- [ he cuts himself off before he can finish the sentence, but his mind's already filled in the gaps. The Nightmare King is actually some sort of being called Cassandra, who they are presumably on first name basis with on account of the fact that she (not he?) was possessed by something, which means that they didn't kill the Nightmare King but rehabilitated them, and... and... ]
Ohhhhh no. No, no, it's fine, I didn't hear that, it's fine! [ Riz does what Riz does best, and just sort of winds up pacing around the room smacking his head like that will make him magically forget what he'd just heard. It's fine. He can just put it out of his head! He can do that, right? He can, right? Even if he doesn't, it's not like Kalina can do anything with this information except for find a way to make sure that Cassandra stays dead or at least dormant, or uses their unwillingness to straight up kill an innocent against them, or warn the Nightmare King about what's going to happen, or, or, or maybe Riz could throw up? He's feeling a little queasy. His ears wag comically on either side of his head as he slaps his cheeks with great force and drags his hands down his face, successfully ignoring Fabian's noble attempts at a distraction.
His voice crawls up an octave. ] It's good! It's fine! This is cool! It's not like anything terrible can happen if Kalina finds out, and I'm totally not thinking about it -- it's cool! It's -- it's --
[ ... ]
Gorgug, just hold Fabian's hand or something, I don't know!
[ Excuse him for a second. He's just gonna go throw up, like, a little bit. A totally cool and normal amount. ]