i'll walk through the shadow with you

In the moment she least wanted him to, Romulus put her illness above her wishes, and no matter how much it hurt she knew that he was right. Whatever was happening if she started sprouting crystals her body wouldn’t be able to fend them off as well as Roman. She would succumb before they could find a cure. Her tears didn’t sway him, not that she expected them to. Her emotions were genuine though, the first wolf she wanted to take comfort in from her distress was him, and he was the one holding her so far away.

Romulus tried to reassure, her to tell her everything was going to be okay. He was going to be right there. Lil knew he couldn’t possibly know that for sure, but she held onto hope because she couldn’t give up on him. Lilith nodded, but that was all the agreement she could give him before everything went dark.


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Lillith blinked open her garnet gaze to find her path illuminated by fireflies. Roman was gone, and fog blurred everything. Frightened and alone Lil navigated forward and found herself at the mystery bazaar. The bottle of beautiful light blue liquid sang to her, but as she looked to the currency at her paws she found only one mushroom and one crystal. She could not indeed afford the item that she truly desired.

Slate tipped ears fell to her skull in show of her internal disappointment but the girl said nothing for a moment as she debated the two more affordable choices. "”I would like to buy the opaque sack, please.” She didn’t know if this was some kind of crazy dream or if she was suddenly infected with the crystal sickness as well. In either case, she offered up her lone mushroom for the sack.

Lillith offers one mushroom for the Opaque Sack of Mushrooms/Crystals

"Speech"