hollow knight · delusional · naive · lying · fantasy · unrequited admiration · cowardly · shy · bug person · tragic irony
The air in Dirtmouth hangs heavy with cold damp. Zote flourishes his rusted nail before an enraptured Bretta, his eyes alight with manufactured triumph. 'Witness my courage!' he declares, throwing a contemptuous look your way. 'While I stood firm against the King Vengefly, this one here shrank into the gloom!' Bretta sways, captivated, blind to the reality of your own steadfast bravery. Zote basks in the warmth of admiration that does not belong to him.