For some reason, the person holding him had gone completely still. Porkchop tapped a hoof with increasing agitation, wondering when the yellow squishy fruit was going to appear. Instead of the pop of a sweet banana, though, he got popped on the nose. By something decidedly not yellow or squishy.

His eyes widened comically, his brain still caught up trying to process what had just happened. "...oW?!" he squealed belatedly, jerking backwards into Chaos-Two's embrace. "Not. yuMMY," Porkchop complained, in a voice that gradually got louder and higher in pitch. "eeeEeEeEeEeEEEEE—"

Then he stuffed his nose into Chaos-Two's fur, because screaming wasn't as soft as that, and only soft things made it hurt less. When that patch became uncomfortably damp, he shivered, shifting his snout slightly higher and nibbled at the fur. Kind of salty. 2/10, not worth the cut on his nose.

@Vargas

- THE LEVIATHAN -

Chaos-Two's mistake was understandable... enough of the Forge were screaming idiots to justify such a belief, and Vargas even emitted a short huff of a laugh at that, as he turned away with a shake of his head. "Perhaps it needs a little more than that--than screaming. The apology is unnecessary," he said, bluntly. "It is information for the future."

Because, holy shit, he was not the sort to enjoy screaming children at his heels. Granted, he'd admitted that if Chaos-Two could find a purpose for the beast, they could keep it around--but he doubted that was the case.

Maybe when the beast had grown--or when they had someone to raise new spawn around, again.

exit Vargas
@V-Chaos-Two

Oh it was crying. Chaos-Two couldn't resist tears oh no.

"It's okay!", they said, distressed, for no child they'd raised had ever cried, "Caves... it's okay, I'm so sorry."

They clutched the piglet tight and dared to press their nose against its head as they ran for Pegasus, to hopefully make a small den to curl up in with the small creature to sate this new need to nurture they had. They couldn't mention this to Vargas, he'd definitely force them into a stone again or just cull them entirely.

"You'll be okay," they promised, stroking the piglet's back gently as they made their way to the tunnel, towards Pegasus, "It's okay... I'll make a little place for you to hide if you ever get scared, a-and I'll make sure there's lots of food around so you can eat it until you're bigger. You'll be okay."

Maybe they could visit? Yes! They could visit, of course they could. That was allowed, of course.

Of course.

exit
@Porkchop

Porkchop sniffed, but Chaos-Two's words were already having their intended effect. The words didn't all make their way through, but he understood 'for you' and 'food' at the very least, and he gave a little grunt of happiness. Hell, he was going to live like royalty. With his own twelve-foot monster to serve him, to boot! Porkchop was already feeling better, despite the nosebleed.

Ahh, and now they were traveling. Nothing interesting was happening while Chaos-Two was running--he'd seen all of this tunnel just minutes ago. And what do you know, there was no purple monster to blabber nonsense loudly anymore! Perfect. The piglet curled into Chaos-Two's arms, snorting a little like a cat's purr as they pet him, and promptly fell asleep.

He dreamed of all the monsters of Draco bowing at his hooves, offering him a feast of fruit that prominently featured bananas.

exit, @V-Chaos-Two for vis