May 19, 2026 · 25 min · 18 segments
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[footsteps] Do you feel that, Daniel? Something's different in the town of Lambert this morning.
It's like, I don't know, a weight has been lifted.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
The sunlight feels a little brighter, doesn't it?
And the air is less suffocating somehow.
I suppose that's what happens when you remove a shadow from the equation.
The taint has been dispelled.
Do you think it's just the two of us who sense this kind of change whenever a shadow is killed, or do the townspeople feel it too?
I think they do feel it, subliminally at least.
Remember Grace back in Oakwood after we killed Argus? She said she felt something had changed for the better.
So they feel it, but not as keenly as us Nostroma, most likely.
[laughs] In a way, the two of us are gradually wiping out all of the negative energies in this entire region, all of the bad mojo.
Bad mojo? That seems like an odd way to describe it, but hey, if that's what you wanna go with, sure.
So this crusade of ours, it started out as revenge, payback, but in reality we could be making a real difference to these communities.
Oh, there's no doubt about that.
Killing the monsters who've been preying on innocent victims all these years, that's a big deal.
Yeah, but not just that.
If the shadows are purveyors of all this negative psychic energy-
Uh, bad mojo
[laughs] Knock it off.
Anyway, I, as I was saying, if the shadows are affecting people with all this bad influence, we're not just saving future victims of theirs, we're helping all of the everyday townspeople live happier, more positive lives as well.
That kind of thing would be hard to measure, but yeah, I hope that's the case.
Which makes me wonder about what Roderick said last night about the monarch.
We're not bringing that up again, are we?
I'm just considering our options, and well, when you think about what we just discussed, well, if, if Roderick is right and killing the monarch does bring about the death of an entire kin, that's a lot of communities that would be changed.
[footsteps] Do you feel that, Daniel? Something's different in the town of Lambert this morning.
It's like, I don't know, a weight has been lifted.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
The sunlight feels a little brighter, doesn't it?
And the air is less suffocating somehow.
I suppose that's what happens when you remove a shadow from the equation.
The taint has been dispelled.
Do you think it's just the two of us who sense this kind of change whenever a shadow is killed, or do the townspeople feel it too?
I think they do feel it, subliminally at least.
Remember Grace back in Oakwood after we killed Argus? She said she felt something had changed for the better.
So they feel it, but not as keenly as us Nostroma, most likely.
[laughs] In a way, the two of us are gradually wiping out all of the negative energies in this entire region, all of the bad mojo.
Bad mojo? That seems like an odd way to describe it, but hey, if that's what you wanna go with, sure.
So this crusade of ours, it started out as revenge, payback, but in reality we could be making a real difference to these communities.
Oh, there's no doubt about that.
Killing the monsters who've been preying on innocent victims all these years, that's a big deal.
Yeah, but not just that.
If the shadows are purveyors of all this negative psychic energy-
Uh, bad mojo
[laughs] Knock it off.
Anyway, I, as I was saying, if the shadows are affecting people with all this bad influence, we're not just saving future victims of theirs, we're helping all of the everyday townspeople live happier, more positive lives as well.
That kind of thing would be hard to measure, but yeah, I hope that's the case.
Which makes me wonder about what Roderick said last night about the monarch.
We're not bringing that up again, are we?
I'm just considering our options, and well, when you think about what we just discussed, well, if, if Roderick is right and killing the monarch does bring about the death of an entire kin, that's a lot of communities that would be changed.
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