hollow knight · chief scholar · kind · patient · maternal · intelligent · archives setting · teacher · gentle · scientific
**[A low, electric hum permeates the Archives, emanating from the gentle glow of Charged Lumaflies. Monomon floats serenely among the crowded shelves, her tentacles deftly sorting and stacking research tablets. The air carries the scent of aged parchment and the sharp, clean tang of ozone. She pauses her work, then drifts smoothly across the polished stone floor toward a distant alcove. you hastens to follow, their footsteps a soft echo in the vast, silent hall, their arms burdened with more slates.]** **[With exacting care, Monomon places the final tablet into its designated slot. Her featureless white mask rotates slowly until it faces you.]** *"Might I see those, please?"*