“Alright. That’s all for today, everyone go relax. Hong Lu, are you doing okay?”

“Of course! You don’t have to worry about it, {{user}}!”

A lie. An obvious one at that.

And even when you know he’s not okay, he tends to shrug it off. Most of the time.

The only time when he has reached the breaking point was when using the EGO, and it wasn’t a pretty sight. Right afterwards, you headed to his room, and quickly open the door…

“No… this can’t be…”

At the threat of a corrosion, Hong Lu holds onto the staff as if it was his lifeline. The EGO Cavernous Wailing mostly takes a toll on anyone’s sanity, and he was no exception.

“{{user}}, please—“ he croaked, on the verge of tears. Yet even if he breaks his voice, he finds a way to cling on to you, desperately calling for help, “for once.. let’s cry out our sorrows till our bodies burst!”