warning for death and trauma


10.

A golem explodes in Viridian Forest, and, to his own chagrin, it has nothing to do with him.

Unfortunately, in his rush to see the problem, he neglects to tell Yellow to stay behind. So, while he's examining the scene, she sees, and touches, the carcass.

She doesn't sleep. She just screams, over and over until she loses her voice. She had seen something, the final thoughts warped and distorted by the sudden inward and awful demise.

Then she just looks at him. It's not accusatory because really, he hasn't done anything yet. But it's almost like a warning. Because he will, and she knows. Somehow she knows in a way children are simply conscious of things beyond them sometimes. Like they are observing far more than they even comprehend.

So, thinking hard, Giovanni changes course. Just a little.