Both looked on with their mouths wide open; not that Caraway's expression could be seen. "What the fuck?!" Braith screeched upon seeing the Zipala, but Caraway was a little bit more proactive about it.
He walked over, and he slowly approached a hand to place it over Velius's neck. He held his breath. "He still has a pulse," he said as he breathed out. "He's not dead."
Braith's eyes flickered this way and that; this information was overwhelming. "How is he alive? He's not a human?" Her fur stood up. "What the fuck is happening?!"
Caraway figured Braith was irritable because of the situation, and not at him specifically. "I... I think..." He looked back down at Velius, and he brought his hand close to his hair. "I think... it's because of this." He went on to gently push the hair away; and where there would normally be an eye, a piece of shard was imbedded into Velius's skin. Mostly black in color, it also carried highlights of green and purple; the same glowing colors as the strange symbols on Velius's body that were pulsing brightly with light.
Braith gritted her teeth and frowned. "A... a shard?" she asked hesitantly.
"I know those colors."
She turned around in a flash, growling and baring her teeth. The bright Stargoyle took a step back at her aggressive display, and despite the fact they hadn't attacked them, this Stargoyle hadn't helped them, either. "Get away from him!" she snarled, and she feinted lunging for him.
"Whoa, wait!" the Stargoyle said as they took another step back. "I'm not your enemy here! I told you to get out of here and run, didn't I?" they reminded her.
As much as she didn't like to admit it, Braith knew the Stargoyle was right. She backed up, but she made it clear that if the Stargoyle did any shady movement, she would be ready to tear him apart rock by rock.
"You said..." Caraway spoke from next to Velius, "You said you know these colors?"
"Sure do," the Stargoyle said, and since Braith had backed up, they took a few steps forward to take a closer look. "That energy, too..." They narrowed their eyes. "Feels... Godly."
There was silence. Braith was about to say that sounded like malarky when Caraway spoke up first. "Velius once told me... that he got this shard from some kind of God," he said, giving leverage to the Stargoyle's words. "That he'd been killed, and then revived thanks to this shard."
"So he..." Braith paused. "He won't die? He's not dying?"
She'd expected confirmation again, but Caraway only looked down at Velius. "I think that's how it works," he said. "The shard keeps him alive, and it heals injuries to his body."
She was feeling a whole slew of emotions. She was angry, sad, nervous, upset, overwhelmed, confused; it was a mess. She shook her head. "We have... we have to get him out of here," she said; there would be time for more of this once they were out of harm's way. "Before those things come back again." Even if they had been terrified, there was still a chance for them to come back. "And you..." she added, turning to the Stargoyle. "You're coming with us."
He walked over, and he slowly approached a hand to place it over Velius's neck. He held his breath. "He still has a pulse," he said as he breathed out. "He's not dead."
Braith's eyes flickered this way and that; this information was overwhelming. "How is he alive? He's not a human?" Her fur stood up. "What the fuck is happening?!"
Caraway figured Braith was irritable because of the situation, and not at him specifically. "I... I think..." He looked back down at Velius, and he brought his hand close to his hair. "I think... it's because of this." He went on to gently push the hair away; and where there would normally be an eye, a piece of shard was imbedded into Velius's skin. Mostly black in color, it also carried highlights of green and purple; the same glowing colors as the strange symbols on Velius's body that were pulsing brightly with light.
Braith gritted her teeth and frowned. "A... a shard?" she asked hesitantly.
"I know those colors."
She turned around in a flash, growling and baring her teeth. The bright Stargoyle took a step back at her aggressive display, and despite the fact they hadn't attacked them, this Stargoyle hadn't helped them, either. "Get away from him!" she snarled, and she feinted lunging for him.
"Whoa, wait!" the Stargoyle said as they took another step back. "I'm not your enemy here! I told you to get out of here and run, didn't I?" they reminded her.
As much as she didn't like to admit it, Braith knew the Stargoyle was right. She backed up, but she made it clear that if the Stargoyle did any shady movement, she would be ready to tear him apart rock by rock.
"You said..." Caraway spoke from next to Velius, "You said you know these colors?"
"Sure do," the Stargoyle said, and since Braith had backed up, they took a few steps forward to take a closer look. "That energy, too..." They narrowed their eyes. "Feels... Godly."
There was silence. Braith was about to say that sounded like malarky when Caraway spoke up first. "Velius once told me... that he got this shard from some kind of God," he said, giving leverage to the Stargoyle's words. "That he'd been killed, and then revived thanks to this shard."
"So he..." Braith paused. "He won't die? He's not dying?"
She'd expected confirmation again, but Caraway only looked down at Velius. "I think that's how it works," he said. "The shard keeps him alive, and it heals injuries to his body."
She was feeling a whole slew of emotions. She was angry, sad, nervous, upset, overwhelmed, confused; it was a mess. She shook her head. "We have... we have to get him out of here," she said; there would be time for more of this once they were out of harm's way. "Before those things come back again." Even if they had been terrified, there was still a chance for them to come back. "And you..." she added, turning to the Stargoyle. "You're coming with us."