The Glyph Monado

Ch. 53: 1 Little White Lie

At the Owl House, Luz was training with her sword. After finishing her glyph study/possible creating, Luz decided to train a bit with her Monado after learning something from her little Echo Mouse.

'Titan's blood, the key thing I need for a portal home.' Luz thought.

"You should slow down kid." Eda said.

Luz stopped swinging her blade and looked to the door, seeing Eda currently standing there.

"Why? I just need to be at the top of my game if what Echo showed me is right." Luz said to Eda.

"If it is, you'll have to wait! There's a massive blizzard on the Knee that's not letting anyone head up there until this Friday." Eda said to her.

"Then I only have until the end of the week to get ready." Luz said.

"Well, are you gonna bring back up?" Eda asked her.

"No, I've been relaying on everyone too much. It's time I pulled my own weight and do this on my own." Luz said to Eda.

"Again with this? Kid, I told you befor-"

"I know, Eda, but this is just something I feel I NEED to do alone. Not just for myself but for the people I love. If I can't be strong enough to something on my own, then what's the point of even being worthy of this sword?" Luz said as she held the Monado in the air.

"Kid, you don't need to prove yourself to anyone. We stand by you because we want to help. We'll do this together, alright?"

Luz lowered her head.

"Okay, I'll wait until we have a team." Luz said.

"Good." Eda said, "Now come on, let's eat."

Eda walked away and Luz uncrossed her fingers. You would think that Eda would expect her to lie. like, come on, she was the apprentice of Eda the Owl Lady, how was she not supposed to lie?

'Sorry, Eda but this is gonna be a solo mission.' Luz thought to herself as she went back to her sword swings.

After her first encounter with the Slitherbeast at the Knee, Luz was going to make sure she was ready for any other beasts in that winter wonderland of ruins. In the kitchen, Eda was talking to King.

"I'm worried about her."

"Because of the surprise dangers that pop up on her dates or because Luz is taken this Monado thing too seriously?" King asked at random.

"Honestly... both."

"We'll have you tried talking to her about it?" King asked her.

"I just did but I still have this feeling that the kid is going to bite off more than she can chew just to prove she can take care of herself and pull her weight." Eda said as she leaned against the fridge.

"Well, with everything that she has been involved in, it doesn't surprise me." King said.

"But it worries you too?" Eda said to him.

"Yeah, but I have faith Luz can handle it. You taught her to be strong." King said.

"I know but I still worry that strength will make her stop being smart." Eda said.

"Then maybe that will get her to listen?" King said.

Eda rubbed her chin, thinking of any other ways aside from brute force to get Luz to listen to her.

"Maybe her girlfriends could help with this."

Eda reached into her hair and pulled out her scroll to send a message over Penstagram to Amity and Boscha to keep an eye on Luz for the next few days.

"Hopefully that will work."

Too bad for Eda, I didn't work as Luz had already made a plan to slip away in case they try to keep her away from her mission. She was a lot smarter than most people give her credit for.