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1. Estranged and All Alone (Act III) by actingwithportals

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Aug 2020

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Grimmchild & The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • The Knight & Nailmaster Mato (Hollow Knight)
   • Grimm & The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • Hornet & The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • Grimmchild (Hollow Knight)
   • Grimm (Hollow Knight)
   • Nailmaster Mato (Hollow Knight)
   • Nailmaster Oro (Hollow Knight)
   • Seer (Hollow Knight)
   • Nailsmith (Hollow Knight)
   • Myla (Hollow Knight)
   • Nailmaster Sheo (Hollow Knight)
   • White Lady (Hollow Knight)
   • The Pale King (Hollow Knight)
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • Angst
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Violent/Accusatory Intrusive Thoughts
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Accidental Self-Harm
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Ghost refers to themself without a name
   • Ghost uses they/them pronouns
   • Self-Loathing
   • Ghost has a real bad time: the trilogy
   • Two Shot
   • Ghost and Grimmchild are bffs and no one can tell me otherwise
   • I Wrote This Instead of Breathing
   • seriously though heed the warnings above because shit gets bad
   • Grimmchild is referred to as "the child"
   • Grimmchild is referred to with they/them pronouns
   • Brief suicidal ideation
   • Suicide-Baiting Intrusive Thoughts
   • Child Death
   • Past Character Death
   • Minor Character Death
   • Abyss Memory Cutscene (and all that entails)

   Summary

   The whole world seemed to call to them, and no amount of turning away could make them ignore it forever.

   But sometimes, amidst the painful cries and piercing shrieks, kinder things called to them as well.

   And maybe, for those calls, it was worth slowing down long enough to listen.

   Series

   • Part 8 of We Are Wide Awake Now

   Language:

   English

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   22,410

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