"8!" 1 barked. Good creator, where was that corpulent imbecile when you needed him most? "8, you slovenly fool, get here at once!" He bellowed, his hands curling into tight fists.

The larger stitchpunk marched into view. "What?"

He waved his staff. "Don't bother talking with your monosyllabic idle chatter." He leaned forward on his staff, his hands at the start of the curve.

"Fetch me that damned girl."

8, being as stupid as he was, knew who his boss was telling him to find, surprisingly enough, and he set out to bring 7 to him, not bothering to find out why. He had no idea where in the cathedral she was, but he had an idea. He was humming to himself Dies Irae; that song 6 would always hum, and wondering to himself what in the Creator's name 'monosyllabic' meant and if he should ask one of the others along the way.

He found her in 2's workshop. 9 and 5, who had become nearly inseparable since he and 7 brought the others back, were finishing patching up a nasty rip along her leg. No sign of 2 though.

"7.. 1 wants you." he said, shuffling awkwardly. She looked up at him pointedly. "Tell me something I don't know. I know he wants me. He tells me so every time he catches me alone." She didn't sound disgusted as she knew she should have but instead sounded.. Happy? She didn't think anyone else caught the happy note in her voice.

"N-no…" 8 was stuttering. This 'no-longer-a-bully' business was harder than it looked. "I mean, 1 wants to see you in the throne room."

"Oh." She still regarded him suspiciously. "He didn't happen to tell you why?" The larger stitchpunk shook his head. "No idea."

She swore under her breath and slid off the table, her leg only mostly finished. She pushed past 8, walking with a slight limp.

8 turned to 9 and 5 who were looking at each other, as if distracted.

"Do either of you guys know what mon-mono-monosyllabic means?" He asked them. 5 looked over at him and replied, sounding a little distracted as he played with 9's zipper absently. "I don't know. Go ask the twins."

8 nodded. "Okay." Yeah, that was a good idea. Maybe he'd find 2 there too.