if i knew then what i knew now // TGE trip

[SETHIRAM]

I TRY TO WRITE YOU POEMS
BUT THE WORDS, THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE!

The first and only time Seth had entered The Golden Eye's territory was under that of fear, under a hallucination. When they were so, so much worse, so much more real. Now, it was haunting how silent it was. Where did everyone even go? Some childish thought inside him wanted to call out to Arlo, Fragglerock. And he thought that if he did, he would simply imagine them. He didn't need that. Aesior was already breaking down, and he had to be there for the fatherly figure.

Trying to lightly press against the other, he watched the lands. Once so vibrant, now desolate. The muscular tom swallowed, breathed in deeply, and let his voice ring out. Strong, for a moment, but it crumbled. "Lo... Lorelei? Anyone..?" He sighed, knowing fully well that she wouldn't appear.

A low buzzing hummed in the boy's mind, and his paws tingled. Every part of him wanted to scream out for the others. But the One he Harbored denied it. You will only hurt yourself. They will not come. And Sethiram sat for a moment, wings flittering gently. How he hated the One, who so easily overpowered the boy. But he could not rid his mind of that thing.

— Reggan