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Derlik hummed, running his fingers up and down Nix's back.
"Well, why don't we do some snuggling?"
Derlik hummed, running his fingers up and down Nix's back.
"Well, why don't we do some snuggling?"
"Sounds good to me!" Nix huddled closer, more than content to let Derlik hold onto him for the time being. "Where's Miss Serna?"
"My guess is she's in the lab," Derlik said. He moved to the couch, curling up with Nix in his lap.
"Hm… what does she do in the lab?" Nix asked curiously. "I forgot if she already said."
"Well, she takes care of souls there," Derlik said, after a moment of thinking out how to phrase this.
Nix nodded a bit. "Like how?" He asked. "Like a little garden? I know Halm prepares them for their new bodies or something, so…"
"Mm… it's more machine then garden. The souls Halm prepare come here to get their new bodies." Derlik hummed, nodding to his explanation.
"Interesting… so I guess this place comes after Halm's, then. Who sends the souls with their new bodies back up?" He asked curiously.
"Serna does. She got this big machine she puts them in that sends them up to earth. And, she doesn't so much actually put them in bodies, so much as design the ones they're going to get when they're born." Derlik hummed, smiling some.
"She's quite good at it."
"Oooh~" Nix looked up at Derlik, obviously intrigued. "Seems like that would be pretty fun to watch. Do you think she'd let me?"
"I think she would, if you asked. I've wanted to watch too, but she doesn't trust me around so many souls." Derlik chuckled some, scratching Nix's hair.
"But I'm sure as long as you're there to make sure I stay in line, it'll be okay."
"Why doesn't she trust you with souls?" Nix asked curiously, turning his ears back as Derlik pet him.
"I have too much of a tendency to take a liking to them," Derlik admitted. "I get attached and don't want them to leave."
Nix smiled softly and curled his tail around himself. "I guess that makes sense. Cas and I are stuck here anyway, though."
"Mhm… I understand that." Derlik leaned forward, lightly kissing Nix's head.
"Still, I don't want you leaving me anyway." The god offered a soft smile, letting his hand continue to rub Nix's head and back.
"Yeah, but we gotta go back to Halm…" Nix shivered a bit at the thought and curled in on himself. "We don't have any choice…"
"And that's why I'm going to go with you. I'm not going to let Halm anywhere near you, kay?" Derlik pulled Nix closer to himself to comfort him, patting his back.
"Okay…" Nix relaxed a bit, but he was obviously still uneasy. "I really don't wanna go back…" He whispered.
"I… I know," Derlik said, gentle. "We're all going to protect you, okay? You won't even see him."
"I hope you're right… I… I-I dunno what I'd even say to him…" Nix sighed softly and huddled closer.
"There's nothing you need to say. He knows what he did to you, and he knows what would happen if he tried to get anywhere near you." Derlik kissed the top of Nix's head lightly.
Nix nodded a bit and huddled a bit closer to Derlik. "Yeah, I guess so… do you think he'll be mad at me?"
"No, I don't," Derlik promised. The god wanted Nix to feel better, so it was time to get off of this topic.
"Mm…" Nix toyed with his hair a bit and turned his ears back. "I don't want anybody to be mad at me…"
"No one is," Derlik assured. "You're an amazing person, no shoulder ever be mad at you."
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