i crave pain

Wrapping the girl close to his chest, holding her there for a long moment... Dominus wouldn't be the first one to break the hug. He wouldn't pull away, instead keeping close to the girl. Holding here there, like he doesn't want to let go. Gentle but stolid, taking care of her in the only way he knows how, for the moment. Too many unsaid things hanging between them, but the task at hand was more pressing.

As she looks to the spire, his gaze follows. Carefully pacing around it, never more than reaching distance from Lumine. The carvings were intricate, twisted faces... scary looking, if he had to be honest. A horrifying visage, if he looked at them for too long. Pulse rising in his chest, an unsettled, sour feeling in the back of his throat.

Though no breeze picked up, a sound seemed to echo from the spires themselves. It's not unlike wind whipping through trees, but it's so much more sinister. The hairs on the back of his neck standing up straight, a chill ripping down his spine. Dominus needed to keep her safe, through this. "They look like... faces?" Examining the carvings, trying to push down the strange feelings brought forward by the shrieking sound.

"Between these and the sky, it feels like something... bad is going on." Puzzling his way through it, trying to think through the teachings lingering from his family. There's no source material for this, only the young man trying to sort out exactly what's happening as his paws grind into the stony ground beneath them. Hovering close to Lumi, and always looking over their shoulder... ready to throw himself in the face of whatever came for them, because it certainly felt like there was something out here.

"Dominus"