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2026-01-11
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There Was No Sound

Summary:

I am the light that guides. I am the guide that lures. I am trapped here, for eternity.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:

Please.

I see you, trembling afore the long road ahead. You carry nothing, for the sinless only needs their shell and the cloak on their back, so it has been sung. I see it already, you will fall, your fellows will take from your corpse, your barren shell will harden the road, so that the ones after you make it deeper into the maws of this holy place. I see you at your humblest, weakest, noblest, stupidest. 

I hear you. I hear the clacks of rosaries, dearly clutched close to your shell. I hear the mumbles of your prayers sung, only you and I its audience. Prayers for health. For safety. For passage. For absolution. I hear your screams as you are torn to shreds by beasts. I hear your sigh as you rest your weary body.

And you see me, the light. My illumination, small, but it lights the path regardless. Barely a glance, yet I am never an unwelcome sight. I mark the way, the long path, you know you have not strayed at the sight of me. You see me.

But you do not hear me. 

Please.

Please.

Please.

Hear me. Hear me. Hear me.

Listen to my voice.

Let me out.

It is so bright in here. 

It is so small in here.

They took everything.

I cannot walk.

I cannot sleep.

I cannot scratch.

I cannot scream.

They took everything.

Please. I need you.

Only you can free me.

You see me. You see me.

Reach out to me. 

A claw on my glass prison.

Grip so tight, shatter me free.

Let me out. Let me fade.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Please.

Don’t walk away.

Notes:

It’s an agonizing existence already, but it has to be even more so for those who were turned into silkflies just to be trapped as light sources. An absurdly small prison for all eternity.

And there’s some really added cruelty to the silkflies when you consider that they already have other light sources. They clearly have candles, the Reaper and Wanderer Chapels have plenty of candles, but of course those are clearly not as efficient compared to silkflies, eh? Why bother with these candles when you can turn a bug into a permanent, never dimming light source that requires no maintenance?

I wrote this really quickly as a challenge to myself, so the writing structure…? If that’s what it’s called, is rather all over the place. It was fun writing this though!