Book 6. Chapter 18: Deathless and The Deathless
The machine’s head instantly snapped straight to me, eyes narrowing down, gullet glowing a brighter violet.
“Sssss… that voice. Yesssss, I know it well. A lake of fire screaming away into the void, answerless, except for pain and regret.” Fido hissed. “Ssss… so kind of you to walk all these miles here… my old enemy.”
Wrath patted the side plate, “Fido, please behave.” She said. “He is a trusted friend, and has spared your life prior.”
Lejis turned back to the machine, eyes quirked. “My friend, does something trouble you?”
The machine shook his head. “Only… an echo. One that rings too loud in a silent world. A reminder, a wound.”
I had one question that came right out, from all the dozen different questions in my head: “Wait, his name really is Fido?”
Wrath turned and nodded. “It is. Why does this surprise you? You named him directly.”
“I uhh, didn’t realize machines would take any name like that without question? Plus he really doesn’t look happy at all about it. You all heard him hiss at me right? I’m not going insane. Look, he’s doing it again right now.”
And that tail was batting left and right like a cat would while his eyes were completely fixed on me. With a head that’s about my full body size.