It's a lot to take in. Part of him is glad they walked it, though: when he went to Willful Machine with Viktor it was through the lamps, so he never quite got a sense of where it was. And this method has the added bonus of no little horrifying desiccated beef jerky skeletons, which he is still not entirely sure he's comfortable with as a concept even if they seem totally benign.
On the other hand, a raven maze doesn't seem ideal. Fiddleford has always been overly-superstitious and getting a PhD did nothing to damp that down. Ravens are bad luck, or at the very least they're omens, and he doesn't particularly want either in his life right now. Bad luck for obvious reasons and omens because he has enough to be dealing with. He looks up at the walls surrounding gaze with the expression of a man who is at once resigned to his fate and and will still have to be dragged kicking and screaming to get there. You know, on principle.
"Right. That makes sense. I've... I've gone by lamp once before. I could do it again."
He will change his mind about being in Gaze the second he is inside it, but he doesn't know that yet. He's sure it fucking sucks but he is not aware of how much.
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On the other hand, a raven maze doesn't seem ideal. Fiddleford has always been overly-superstitious and getting a PhD did nothing to damp that down. Ravens are bad luck, or at the very least they're omens, and he doesn't particularly want either in his life right now. Bad luck for obvious reasons and omens because he has enough to be dealing with. He looks up at the walls surrounding gaze with the expression of a man who is at once resigned to his fate and and will still have to be dragged kicking and screaming to get there. You know, on principle.
"Right. That makes sense. I've... I've gone by lamp once before. I could do it again."
He will change his mind about being in Gaze the second he is inside it, but he doesn't know that yet. He's sure it fucking sucks but he is not aware of how much.