you asked me why i wasnt

The empty space in his chest grew ever hungry. It landed him on his mother's doorstep, near hysterical as he asked if she was sure she gave life to a child and not an ever growing vortex that would never be satiated. You are my son, she had said with her own eyes brimming with tears, I will love you regardless. Even if he is empty, even if his very being is all consuming? It felt nigh impossible. He is hungry and hollow and desperate to claw his way into someone's side so he may become a part of them, creating a space to become an organ with a necessity rather than a void to consume....Gale reminisces on his time with Mystra after her offer. He finds solace in unexpected company. Perhaps he and his vampiric companion aren't as different as he once thought