[ are they really just...going to make people watch them take a casual stroll through a dark abyss? yeah. welcome to your date execution where you get to watch us be cute for a few hours uwu

it feels familiar being with him, spending time together even when doing something stupid and dangerous. the weight of will's hand in his feels familiar, and he thinks, stupidly, how even in the darkness and even knowing their demigod powers aren't real here, will's still glowing just a little. how unfair.

the first part of the path is clear, at least. it's all dirt and dry, dead grass, little pebbles and rocks rolling under their feet as they move to wander further in. ]

I've never been stubborn in my life, Solace. [ very clearly teasing. ] We're...I promised you, didn't I? That I wouldn't let you go. I don't break my promises. I mean, we've survived three whole wars and Tartarus. I'm not losing you now.

[ it's probably just his imagination that the earth shifts slowly beneath his feet, a familiar sensation from before. ]