[And there it is. The penny dropping. For a moment, the former vampire casts about for an answer, a lie, a response that works...but ultimately?
He knows Vicious isn't stupid. Kronid shuts his eyes for a moment, taking a long breath in, and then letting it out in a hiss through his nose.]
Yes. I did. It was...it was my dream. Something from long ago. An old waking nightmare turned sleeping.
[Measured. Cautious. The panic is still fresh in his veins, and it's his focus on tempering that that lets his gaze drop again, voice once again shifting to that odd, softened tone before he can stop it.]
...I'm sorry that you had to feel it. It was an accident.
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He knows Vicious isn't stupid. Kronid shuts his eyes for a moment, taking a long breath in, and then letting it out in a hiss through his nose.]
Yes. I did. It was...it was my dream. Something from long ago. An old waking nightmare turned sleeping.
[Measured. Cautious. The panic is still fresh in his veins, and it's his focus on tempering that that lets his gaze drop again, voice once again shifting to that odd, softened tone before he can stop it.]
...I'm sorry that you had to feel it. It was an accident.
But...did you see anything else? Anyone?