[Verse 1]
Level ten
The door was smaller than expected
(good sign?)
Aldric says level ten guardians are historically
(mild)
His exact word
Mild
The Swan is somewhere behind us
(why is he still following)
He didn’t say he would stop
[Pre-Chorus]
They came from the left
Which Aldric did not put in the map
(the map said mild)
There were many of them
(how many)
Enough
(what were they)
[long pause]
They were bunnies
[Chorus]
Existential crisis
They are bunnies
They are also
EXTREMELY fast
The Hunter went left
(wrong left)
The Hero went right
(also wrong right)
The Queen was already in position before anyone moved
Castor was already behind her
This is not how we practiced
(we never practiced)
This is fine
(it is not fine)
THIS IS FINE
[Verse 2]
The Hunter took the first hit
Which was humbling
For everyone watching
The Hero took the second
(in the same spot)
Also humbling
The Queen dispatched seven without breaking her expression
Castor covered the gap
Every gap
All of them
At once
[Pre-Chorus 2]
When it was over
We stood in Level 10
Two people bleeding
Four people breathing harder than usual
And somewhere behind the threshold
Just outside the door
The Swan
Watching
Not moving
Because nobody asked him to come
[Chorus 2]
Existential crisis
We won
(technically)
We won against bunnies
The Hunter is bleeding
The Hero is bleeding
The Queen has not bled
(she never bleeds)
(she said that herself)
Castor has not bled
(he was everywhere at once)
And somewhere behind the door
The Swan has not bled either
Because he was not allowed in
[Bridge]
The Hero says he’s fine
(three times)
The Hunter agrees
(four times)
I look at the door
Behind it
A swan sitting on the threshold
Not crossing
Not leaving
Castor says nothing
The Queen says nothing
Aldric updates the map
Writes: Level 10 guardians — NOT mild
And something in the room
That was loose before
Tightens
[Final Chorus]
Existential crisis
Not the bunnies
(okay also the bunnies)
The part where we almost
Wasn’t the bunnies
The part where someone couldn’t come in
Even when he wanted to
The part where we realize
We are not playing anymore
[Outro]
I look at The Swan
He looks at me
He doesn’t say anything
(well?)
I don’t say anything either
Not yet
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