Hallow found themselves in an oddly familiar situation.

In front of them were their siblings, looking at them with a mix of distrust while a growing hope was beginning to be felt on the hive mind that all the void beings share with their Father, the excitement of the rest of the Vessels back home barely were being contained to not overwhelming the ones in front of Hallow.

(They couldn't contain themselves when Hallow found Ghost all those months ago, their poor sibling got scared at the sudden feelings of affection, sibling, safe, home, come back and reacted the only way they knew until that moment.

Violence).

It was good that their siblings had learn from past mistakes and now were holding back for the sake of their siblings, they really didn't want to fight the two of them seeing how hurt both already looked.

They began to walk towards them, as much as they wanted to take them immediately with their Father for being heal and keep safe, they knew better than try that when they clearly mistrusted them so they try to act calm as they could as they approached them.

It work to a certain extent, they only took a few steps back when started walking before stopped in what looked like confusion, as if they had expected an attack or a more... aggressive reaction.

(The wave of anger that that realization caused them was barely prevented from reaching their siblings through the bond, only their Father felt it and the feeling of intrigue mixed with concern was returned in response).

but finally they managed to close the distance between them and their siblings, he could still see their distrust, but the lack of any sudden movement on Hallow's part had at least made that the tension in their bodies had lessened considerably when he finally managed to get his hand on the husk of the one who seemed to be the older of the two.

The touch made them tense again for a moment and Hallow just stayed still, waiting for them to calm down again, the little one didn't really tense, but now it seems more intrigued than anything for the situation now that was clear that Hallow don't want to hurt them.

Now closer, they could finally see more clearly their new siblings, and...

It take every little practice that Hallow used to had from pretending being the Perfect Vessel for not to show any of the anger that now was boiling under their skin, not bothering to hid it from their siblings back in the Abyss anymore, not when now all cracks and wounds were now terrifyingly visible for their view.

Now they were completely sure that the younger was leaking void from their eyes, scars of healed wounds barely visible on their husk, he couldn't see more because of their clothes but it was obvious that there was more under it.

And the older one... oh the poor thing.

There was a map of scars on the husk, many that might have been made years ago, some that might have been no more than a few days old, and it was clear that there were few parts of the head that hadn't been broken before, the cracks barely visible from a distance, but painfully noticeable up close.

The strange blue marks under their eyes seemed like they were being scratched a lot, did it hurt them to have it? It was something natural or were put on their face against their will?

They didn't even notice when their other hand cupped the other side of their little sibling's head, pouring just a bit of Soul into the wounds in a vain attempt to make them go away, just as Hallow had grown used to heal the wounds of their other siblings back in the Abyss.               

If they could cry, they would be, how many of this scars were made in a attempt to protect the one who was leaking their void as if were nothing, how hurt were the others whose still lost around the kingdom?

Their thoughts were interrupted by a tug on their cloak, gaze went to the smaller one, looking away from the older one who seemed to be struggling between wanting to relax in their grip and remain tense.

(Once they were in the Abyss, they could help them to relax with the touch, it had worked for many of the other Vessels, Hallow included, it was just a matter of patience and something told them they were going to need it).

Hallow made a sound of question, trying to communicate with their sibling, they didn't know if they spoke the same language and until the bond between them was solidified by Father, they couldn't really communicate properly in other way that to give feelings to each other and that could be very overwhelming very fast if is the first time they experience it.

And Hallow was right, because when the younger tried to speak to they and a bunch of unintelligible words were all they heard.

A sound of confusion was all Hallow could reply to that, the little one clearly understood the problem and seemed to get a little discouraged before turning to the older one, they spoke gibberish again which seemed to get the other out of their indecision, finally seemed to relax a little more, they too gibbered in a confused tone, their hands taking Hallow's as did so, but their eyes wouldn't leave the little one as they did so.

Hallow took the silent signal and released the older one's face, content to hold their hands, they made no move to let go of Hallow so Hallow didn't let go either.

Hallow decided to remain silent while both had a conversation that they didn't really understand, but they could only receive feelings of uncertainty, hope, disbelief, determination, among other things in the slowly growing mental bond, they just hoped that whatever they were talking about would end with them let Hallow take them home so they can start healing (and Hallow can start hunting down whoever hurt them).

Luckily it didn't take them long to come to a decision, still a bit wary but definitely more willing to trust Hallow than they were a while ago.

Their words were still gibberish but thanks to the link, now a little stronger, he could understand a few more words, they still didn't understand everything of course, but they could definitely make out the words "carry" and "void" clearly, were they asking if they could take them with Father?

Hallow perked up at that, they could finally get their siblings to a safer place!

It was more difficult to explain what they wanted to do than to convince their siblings to accept their idea of carrying them back to the Abyss, the little one in their arms and the older one on their back, using some strange threads that they pulled from their fingers to secure themselves comfortably.

(And seeing that made Hallow mentally add "Weavers" to their list of possible 'progenitors' of their siblings, if remembered correctly the Weavers weren't originally from Hallownest and maybe they can use that as a clue to find where they came from).

Once everything was secured, Hallow started running and climbing back to Dirtmouth, planning to take the short cut through the White Capital and they should be home soon.

They could already feel Father's joy through the bond, knowing that two of his stolen children were already on their way back to where belonged.

A noise similar to a laugh came from the smaller one at the surprise of the insects that Hallow had started to run between, barely bothering to dodge when they all immediately moved away. And a quick glance behind them showed that the older one was also smiling at the chaos around them.

Ah, Ghost was going to love them, they were a menace as they were.

And as they headed into the village well, right into the Crossroads, Hallow just hoped their other siblings had a good time bringing the others home just like them.

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School tried to stop me but I get the chapter done, everyone cheers :D 

Btw, Hallow called Error and Killer "they/them" bc they assumed they also use those pronouns like the rest of the Vessels, that will chance once they could communicate with each other (I think I've already said this but just in case).

Also if anyone is wondering, yes, Destiny and Void forgot to give the Gang a way to communicate with the bugs of Hallownest, don't worry, Shade Lord will fix that.

ALSO ALSO! If someone is interested, I have a Tumblr  where I'm uploading some drawings for this story, the name is shivadraw, just proceed caution, there some spoilers there (Concepts for Reaper's new design mostly).

I think that's all for now, goodnight/day everyone!