( in the moment, the person present with hunter is not belos. it is not his uncle, not the emperor, not the person who was meant to have cared for him but failed him on every basic level. it's his aunt. in an unusual form, but still his aunt nonetheless.
and she wakes up to the sound of his sobs immediately.
it's been a long time since she's seen him have night-terrors, something that plagued him for a spell when he was much younger. but those were never like this. never screaming about an uncle. who did he think his uncle was?
the first thing she does is tug the blankets off of him, pushing them to the side. then she reaches for him to press her hand against his shoulder. )
Hey, hey, hey. You're just having a bad dream. Just a bad dream.
( she tries, now starting to gently push at him to wake him up. )
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and she wakes up to the sound of his sobs immediately.
it's been a long time since she's seen him have night-terrors, something that plagued him for a spell when he was much younger. but those were never like this. never screaming about an uncle. who did he think his uncle was?
the first thing she does is tug the blankets off of him, pushing them to the side. then she reaches for him to press her hand against his shoulder. )
Hey, hey, hey. You're just having a bad dream. Just a bad dream.
( she tries, now starting to gently push at him to wake him up. )