"Actually, I was telling him that he doesn't have to worry about you. Or East Hallow." But the question remains, and it's a good one. "But you're right. There are ones that aren't good. The world's a hungry place. Doesn't matter which world. And there are hungry creatures in it. I guess that's how I've always thought of the bad ones. Hungry. And when you have something to offer them, they want to swallow you right up."
He's not sure where he's pulling these threads from, but the words come, and he feels comfortable enough to say them. "For me, it was my shine, and all the hungry creatures that wanted it. Looks different where you're from, but the darkness still gets hungry for the light. The big darkness, the one that swallows your kind whole, but also all the little dark parts of people that pick and pick at a bright light."
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"Actually, I was telling him that he doesn't have to worry about you. Or East Hallow." But the question remains, and it's a good one. "But you're right. There are ones that aren't good. The world's a hungry place. Doesn't matter which world. And there are hungry creatures in it. I guess that's how I've always thought of the bad ones. Hungry. And when you have something to offer them, they want to swallow you right up."
He's not sure where he's pulling these threads from, but the words come, and he feels comfortable enough to say them. "For me, it was my shine, and all the hungry creatures that wanted it. Looks different where you're from, but the darkness still gets hungry for the light. The big darkness, the one that swallows your kind whole, but also all the little dark parts of people that pick and pick at a bright light."