Crowned [Inanimate Insanity Fanfic]

Arc 2, Chapter 48.5: The Flickering Light.

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"Ah, you are back."

"As I promised. The vessels have been placed. To my greatest sadness however, it seems things in the other 'Core' Universes are... Destabilizing."

"It is to be expected. As for what is a follower without a leader? One cannot take orders from nothing. And I am that fleeting light."

"I will be off to monitor the progress. I will be back before your last breath, I promise you."

"I understand. I'm my last days you still upkeep your responsibility as the keeper. And I trust that you will do with the same when my place is taken on by another?"

"It is my duty. To deny what I am would be defying something that cannot be denied. It is destiny. And I am destiny. The keeper. So worry not of where my loyalty lies."

"I knew it was best to put my trust into your hand. Though it is not you I am worried about Candle... For I fear things are about to take a turn for a worse."

"There is only one thing we can do. And hope their minds are guided away from the fake sense of security... He... Is trying to cause them to fall into."

"...We can only wait for their inevitable arrival."

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