AKA I'm teasing you guys about the actual lore of the story hehehe

This chapter is going to be a bit shorter because it's just some hints about the storyline, and the actual next chapter you guys were freaking out about last chapter will be coming soon :>

I gave Squirrel's blobs some dialogue here bc she asked for it, and it reminded me that I wanted to say that if you guys want your blobs to have dialogue in special chapters like this one and some story hints then you guys can message me anytime, just please don't spam me or leak what I tell you in the book's comments lol. I've already been giving Squirrel and Kazie some hints :3

And now, ✨l o r e✨

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It's been about two days since the bandit attack, and Sabre is relaxing in his room while watching over the still recovering blobs.

He's just reading a book, sitting on his bed surrounded by a bunch of the little creatures as they all take a nap, when he notices something hop onto the bed from the nightstand out of the corner of his eye. Looking up, he notices two of the well-known blobs; Squirrel and her little sister, Whisper.

Sabre smiles as the two carefully hop around their sleeping friends and climb onto Sabre. He extends his hand, letting the two grab on, and places them on his chest so they don't risk waking up anyone where they stand.

"Hey you two, what's up?" Sabre asks quietly with a small, caring smile.

"Well uh- we overheard some of the older siblings talking about stuff and it reminded us of something- and we were hoping you could answer." Squirrel says, Whisper shifting excitedly behind her.

"What is it?" Sabre says, now placing his book to the side, curious as to what they're so riled up about.

"Well um- what was Grandmama like?" Squirrel asks.

"Grandmama~! Grandmama~!" Whisper sings quietly, excited.

Sabre chuckles, old memories returning to him.

"That's right, you two and a lot of the others were really young last time we saw her." Sabre says. "You probably don't remember much about her. We should actually go and visit her soon... but I have no idea how to find a portal back home, so all I can do for now is tell you about her."

"Can you tell us? Pleeeeaaaase?" Squirrel says.

"Of course I can, just settle down a bit first so you don't wake anyone up." Sabre says.

Squirrel and Whisper both sit down, excited to hear what Sabre had to say about their elder. Sabre carefully sits up and thinks of a place to start.

"Well... what do you remember about mom? I want to make sure I'm not just repeating what you already know." Sabre asks.

"Tall. Really tall." Squirrel says. "Skyscraper tall. And she didn't look old even though she was apparently really, really old."

"Preeeettyyyy~!" Whisper sings, a look of wonder in her eyes as a faint memory of Sabre's mother makes itself known again.

"And uh- that's it." Squirrel says, a look of slight annoyance on her tiny face as she has trouble remembering anything else.

"Well, you're both right about those." Sabre says. "Those aspects of her are just part of what she is; but mom is also really kind to any living thing and protected us for a long time. She was actually protecting us before even your older brother Sammy was born, we just didn't know it yet then. After she helped me, she took me in as her own and raised me like it. I guess you guys started calling her 'Grandma' because apparently I act like a dad to all of you."

"You really do though." Squirrel giggles, Whisper laughing as well.

"Wh- hey." Sabre says, a joking annoyed expression on his face. "I do not."

"You beat up a bunch of bandits for us." Squirrel says. "That's kind of a 'papa bear' instinct, hehe."

"Alright, now it's nap time." Sabre says, picking up Squirrel and placing her on the pillow next to him. "You still need to recover from that, speaking of."

"You just don't wanna admit you act like a dad." Squirrel laughs as Whisper climbs over and joins her on the pillow.

"No more talking, nap time."

"But-"

"Shhh. You'll wake up your siblings."

Squirrel and Whisper giggle quietly one more time before joining the other blobs in their recovery nap, letting Sabre return to reading his book in peaceful silence.

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