Chapter 537 – Muted
He should've felt weird.
Or awkward.
Or worried about how the others would react.
But he didn't.
He just felt calm.
Lullaby was still breathing softly on his lap, plushie squished between her cheek and his thigh, her oversized sweater sleeves flopped over the edge of the couch like she'd melted into his personal space with full contractual confidence. It was… comforting.
His mind felt quiet.
Still.
The usual crowd in his head… the voices of self-correction, the endless internal pressure to be more, do more, fix more were… muted. Not gone. Just… sedated. Like someone finally turned the volume down from a scream to a hum.
He didn't even realize how much it had built up again.
How loud it got lately. Ever since the bounty. Ever since the seal. Ever since Zoltarin.
That bastard.
