It's only been a week they've been back, and you can tell the difference. Their eyes shined with malicious intention, and that smile. Oh, that smile I'd never seen before.

A smile of evil, often accompanied with a laugh that reeked of hatred, reaching their lust for pain into wherever they wish.

They sat, legs dangling over the edge, seemingly talking to themselves.

"Oh, won't you shut up! I spent a good 12 and ½ years in there without the torture of your 'morals', and now, when I come back to life you taint my mind with what's righteous." They scowled. "Pitiful."

They sat in silence, legs swinging more violently, scoffing every so often. "I don't care if they love me, they're the ones who let me die! You were there! You, with your fucking morals and your fucking happiness had to have been there. And you saw their reaction."

Silence one again. Then, a scream of pure rage I'd never seen from Pearl.

"I COULDN'T GIVE LESS OF TWO SHITS IF OWEN COULD HAVE RAN UP AND YANKED THE SWORD OUT OF ME. HE DIDN'T. HE FUCKING DIDN'T. And that cost me my life."

The sheer amount of swear words in that isn't unlike Pearl, but the words that weren't curse words cut deeper than the sword they were stabbed with.

"Pearl-" I said quietly, causing their angered figure to whip their head around. A faint flicker of something like 'oh shit' crossed their face, only to be replaced, a moment later, with the resting scowl I've seen so much over the past week.

"What."

"Uhm..." I tripped over my words. "D-dinners ready. Its... egg fried rice. Your favourite."

"Oh. Thanks..." We stood in silence for a moment, before I scurried inside.

Tears started falling before I'd even reached the comfort of my room. Lizzie had seen them, and came in to comfort me.

"Hey, Owen. Is everything OK?" She smiled, placing an arm around my shoulder. Scott followed her in, doing the same on my other side.

"It- it's Pearl." I cried into Scott's shoulder. "They've gone mad."

"More mad than usual."

"Scott!"

"Sorry-"

Lizzie patted my shoulder. "Cleos working on a way to get them back as them. Joel's being incredibly strange, and Jimmy's just trying to keep us all safe."

"We'll get Pearl home. Don't worry, Owen."