Manifesting a pride and prejudice finale for ep141 shadowgast. They're just standing among the flowers of the Blooming Grove, letting everything that happened settle over them. Caleb reaches for Essek's hand, gingerly intertwining their fingers. After a moment, Essek slowly, slowly, brings their hands up to his lips and kisses Caleb's knuckles.
They look at each other, no words needed. Their foreheads touch once more. And this time, they're both smiling.
Vess: Teleporting to Aeor isn’t precise, and after it going awry the first time, I decided to travel the traditional way for predictability and control.
Essek: Teleporting to Aeor isn’t precise, and after it going awry the first time, I decided to just keep trying it until I finally got where I wanted to go.
unpopular opinion maybe but i think that essek should ultimately stay a little evil in the form of bitchy judgmental glares and lying like a motherfucker and occasionally crushing people with gravity. i think he deserves it and that it's much more reflective of the mighty nein's brand of morality.