#im sososoososos normalaarrrghghhhhffhfgh *starts running in circles*

[dragoncarrion]

RIGHT RIGHT so Xero. i am soooo normal about him. i think i once saw a head canon about how he could've been one of the first bugs to be infected and ok ok hear me out: WHAT IF he was some sort of general or advisor or something close to PK. Not just close as in status, but close relationship-wise. so maybe at this point, the infection was just starting to take hold, just something bubbling underwater: you know it's there, you just can't really know exactly WHAT it is. maybe there's some denial in there too. PK maybe thought that it wasn't much of a big deal at first, but then anxiety starts creeping up on him as more and more infection cases pop up, and when Xero got infected and started acting in ways, initially only being more rash than normal but slowly becoming more violent and his judgement getting clouded, firmly believing that strength and violence were the answer (as shown by his dialogue). The insanity reaches its peak and he turns against PK, probably believing him to be a foolish idiot for not doing much against the infection, and not really leaving PK with another option (or maybe he DIDNT want to take another option again because of the traitor example shit) he obviously loses (also his four arms get cut off in that fight. another hc. something something being powerless to fight). AND also his grave is supposed to be a warning to traitors and such, but what if in some tiny part of the PK, he also intended it as a memorial for someone previously close to him, now lost to the same light that was taking his subjects and kingdom? maybe after that, he took a smidge of Xero's approach, and took more severe measures (*coughs* the vessels)

DONT TELL ME IM LOOKING TOO MUCH INTO IT. I KNOW HE HAS LIKE 8 LINES OF DIALOGUE. but i am being insane and free