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once again thinking about gregor and ares' brief divorce arc, it's honestly unbelievably funny. they're so violence kill and then they aren't speaking for like. a day. but then after that they're completely ride or die for each other

like this is so funny. they're so stupid. then the next time they interact gregor had just hit all the blood balls and ares is whisking him away from everybody and they're besties again

x.x

to be honest, I think the author missed an opportunity here. In the passage after the party recovered from the wild currents; Gregor making a joke potentially might not have been enough to snap Thalia out of her spiral, which heightens the urgency of the party to help the lil'bat.

Cue Hazard hugging Thalia, and then reciting the bonding oath, holding her thumb claw, providing extra stability which she could latch onto. Significant emotional moment... And then, later, she perishes. And Hazard can't help her. None of the party can help her. Maybe she even dwells on that tiny glimmer of hope that she'd wake up again, emerge from the state of intense panic that must have infused her final moments, similar to that the wind chamber experience... Hazard helped her recover from that, he'll be there to guide her through this, right?

Marks of Secret, pretty much

they shoulda just gone on that dang picnic

meanwhile, the IRL version

Tailed Tailless Bat, photographed by Irineu Cunha, (source)

Friend in the hand

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