Prompt: Sally's death.
Querl doesn't talk. He never has.
Why would one talk to someone that's not even there? Spout off ideas, theories, moments that were remembered, to someone that was non-existent? Who was naught but memories, now, long gone?
And just a body, decaying in the ground…
He never visited her grave, either.
Instead, the entire day, he worked as per usual. Perhaps it was a bit more mechanical than normal, perhaps it was a bit simpler, perhaps he made a few more mistakes. Did not say a word when Lyle stepped in, gave him a hug, and then retreated.
In fact, he didn't say a single word the entire day.
The silence continued, lasting as he finished up for the day, steps slow and heavy, face dark and lacking emotion. Querl cast one glance down at his hand, blue and gold glinting in the light, before he lifted it to flip a switch, and the lab went dark for the night.
A/N: The return of the OC Sally! Poor Querl. (He interacted with OCs a lot, it was great fun.)