Runaway//Dnf

Lies

George woke up to the sound of sniffling, he turned around to see Karl on the other set of covers rocking back and forward with his head in his hands

"Karl, what's wrong?" George got up and made his way towards him softly placing his hand on Karl's back

Karl turned his head to George "Sorry for waking you" he sniffled " I didn't have another room I felt comfortable in"

"That's okay, I need to get up earlier anyway, I sleep to much" George chuckled "anyway, what's up, you're sunshine energy has gone"

Karl smiled and sniffled "It's just Captain, he's in a bad mood today. He was steering the ship all night so he got no sleep, but when I pointed out it was his choice to steer and that we could have stopped for the night, I must have made him worse and he yelled at me about me not knowing better than him and that I need to mind my own business" he huffed "And then Sapnap shouted at me for making Dream feel worse, so that's why I came here instead of mine and Sap's room. No one else seemed phased by my response except those two."

"Well if you would like my thoughts, I agree with you, it was his choice to steer all night or steer for a bit then anchor the ship and sleep for the rest of the night. Don't feel bad, he's just being stupid. Wanna go out there together?" George asked trying to make Karl feel better

Karl nodded "We're at a new kingdom by the way so we can leave the ship if you want to walk around with me"

"Sounds good, come on then" George said standing up and stretched "You joining Patches?" she stood up and stretched walking towards the door

The three of them made their way up to the main deck and were immediately met by Phil

"There you two are." he then looked at Karl "you okay mate?"

Karl nodded "I will be, I don't like it when he yells, he's scary"

Phil smiled "That's understandable, don't worry" he then turned to George "try not to get on his nerves today, I know you wouldn't but anything could tip him over the edge at the moment so just be careful"

George nodded "Thank you Phil" he then took Karl by the hand and carefully guided him down the ramp "it looks busy here we should stay close together so we don't loose each other" he pulled the hood of his cloak to cover his identity

"Why do you wear your hood up Gog? I get the cloak, it makes you look cool, but the hood...isn't it warm?" Karl questioned peeking under the hood to look at George

"I don't really like people seeing my face. It's not an insecurity it's just a personal preference" George said with a smile

"Oh! You're so interesting George" Karl said throwing his arm around George's shoulder

George was looking at all the stalls, there was so many things in this market: a crystal stall, a food stall, a toy stall, a flower stall. It was so packed, he didn't know where to look first. He felt a tap on his shoulder, he turned to see Karl holding a blue flower

He bowed "For you your highness" he giggled

'"You're highness"!? did I hear that right?' he thought to himself George's mind was racing at a hundred miles an hour, he couldn't form words 'speak George SPEAK!' he yelled at his mind

"Oh, um thank you good sir" he took the blue flower from Karl carefully holding it

Karl stood up normally and carried on walking, George following next to him

"You remind me of an old friend George" Karl said

"Oh yeah? Who?" George asked

"I don't know his name...I can't really remember him well, it's been quite a while since I saw him last, and due to travelling for almost ten years I've seen so many faces, I forget. He paused. "I wish I could see him again. The only thing I remember is that the last day I saw him, I got into serious trouble...I can't remember why, forgive me. But that's how I ended up in the hands of Puffy. Never saw him since." Karl said sadly