"Wow," the fairy exclaimed, her voice laced with a hint of amusement and disbelief, "You know, you could have shown the same enthusiasm when Nana spilled her guts out to you."
Ty responded with a slight chuckle, reflecting on the moment. "I mean, I was just a skeleton back then. I really don’t see what she saw in me to begin with. Plus, I need to know someone for more than just a little bit before I can commit to spilling my guts out to them... That’s not to say I don’t appreciate her and cherish her company every second I have it.
It’s just a different version of what being with Jade is, if that makes sense."
The fairy nodded, understanding yet still finding the situation somewhat regrettable. "A bit, but it still seems a bit harsh to shut someone down like that."
Ty sighed before laying his head back, looking forward to some rest. "But at least I get some sleep finally. I hope she’s doing well. I’m sure she’s resting up right now, not doing anything crazy or dangerous."
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The blue fairy couldn’t help but chuckle at Ty’s hopeful assumption, prompting Ty to break out in laughter as well when the fairy added, "Knowing her, she’s probably punching something in the face right now, trying to find a way to impress you."
Ty, after wiping a tear from his cheek, mused about Todd’s current predicament, "And Todd’s having to clean up whatever mess she’s tied up into right about now, probably. We really have to find out what Erebos’s plot here is, though..." His tone shifted towards a more serious note as he gazed into the darkness.
The fairy, her glow softly illuminating the cell, suggested, "Well, let’s start with what we do know, and maybe we can piece together some options of what’s happening." This was punctuated by the sound of snoring that began to fill the cell, drawing Ty’s attention to the old man, now fully passed out on the other side of the cell.
"I’m just struggling to put it all together, Fairy,"
"Yeah," the fairy responded, her voice tinged with sadness, "I do too. It’s weird you have skin now, also. I still don’t understand that at all..."
Ty chuckled lightly, a hint of insight in his tone. "I think I’ve almost figured that out, especially after seeing the picture book JJ got for me."
"Oh?" the fairy perked up, intrigued by the potential explanation.
"Yeah, it’s only a guess, of course, but my guess is that back when the Demon King first tried to give me a body, it kept burning away. He eventually had to give me a dead body that had good regeneration, and even then, the body was still decaying," Ty detailed, piecing together the events that led to his current form.
The fairy nodded, attempting to grasp the complexity of the situation.
Ty continued, deepening the narrative, "Well, as that was happening, Erebos showed up, worried and full of complaints about this and that, probably in regards to whatever creature I have inside of me for whatever reason. He wanted me to be disconnected from it, in a sense, and then brought me here."
He concluded with a significant revelation, "I believe I have family ties dating back to whatever planet this is... and this is probably the last of the Demon Clan to be alive, maybe he died 50 years ago or so. But once I took over its body, the skin and flesh came back."
"But since my soul or however far I am in my linage isn’t fully from the Demon Clan, which would explain why while I was able to use the black flames, it was beyond difficult, and with them off, it felt well natural, and when I was in that skeleton form it wasn’t to say the least and I struggled.