"KERALIS!" Said man turned around at the mention of his names and nearly got a heart attack.

He was aware about the fact that Grian was dead and very much not a human anymore. However, it was still very startling to see a cob going to a winged monster of some kind. "Oh hey, Brian," Keralis greeted with a terrified smile, by Grian's appearance, not him in general.

Grian was wearing a tore red sweater and grey jeans. Black scales, claws and wings. The only part of his skin without scales were his neck and above. His hair a messed up and his eyes were blacked out with red pupils.

"It's Grian," He corrected the man, stalling towards Keralis with a smile, full of sharp teeth. Of course, Keralis was more terrified however he just simply gave him back a smile, visibly startling him.

"You still have a mouth?" Grian asked, tilting his head at the taller dead, to which he responded by simply chuckling at him. "Yeah, apparently only when I eat and smile and stuff do I have a mouth," He explained simply.

"But what are youdoing here, huh?" Keralis asked, blooping Grian's nose. Grian backed up a bit with a stunned look on his face. He quickly recovered and chuckled out loud. "I heard you died recently and was wondering if it was true," Grian replied simply, he gestured towards Keralis's mouth, "And I think I found my answer."

Keralis tilted his head and asked out with crossed arms, "Soooo... What now?" Grian shrugged and glanced to the side, he pursed his lips. "I don't really know. I was just lonely without another dead buddy," Grian explained. He kicked the ground. Keralis gave him a frown, feeling pity and a little bit confused.

"Isn't Ex dead?" Keralis asked, confusion as clear as day. "Yeah, but he doesn't really like talking to me," Grian answered simply, fidgeting with his hands while shrugging. Keralis narrowed his eyes and opened up his mouth to ask a question however, he was immediately cut off by Grian.

"The hermits are avoiding me actively unless I noticed them. Then they'll act like they don't want to be ten feet away from me."

"Oh..." Keralis frowned and thought back to his interactions with the hermits and realized that, majority of them were really nervous around him. Almost as if...

"They're scared of us," Keralis spoke out loud without thinking, stunning both himself and Grian. Grian quickly nodding his head in agreement. "I think that's kinda why they avoid Ex in general," Grian said, "because they're afraid that he'll kill them."

"Hey! Don't be so sad," Keralis said, resting a hand on Grian's shoulder with a soft smile. Grian glanced back at Keralis, meeting his eyes. "At least we got each other, right?" Grian smiled back at Keralis and chuckled.

"Yeah..."

"Do you like hugs?" Grian asked, turning away once again. Keralis chuckled and stretched out his arms.

"I never deny a hug for anybody."

Immediately Keralis was tackled down in a hug from Grian.

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Have this addition art of them

To explain the Au simply

If a hermit dies, they become a monster and stuff. It is not a demise Au, my sister just took inspiration from the Au on Tumblr Horrorcraft. 

The dead hermits are: Grian, Keralis, Stress, Tango, Zedaph, Joe and Ex. 

That's literally all I know about the Au, if you want more info than I'm gonna ask my sister. (She doesn't have a Wattpad)