[Inevitably when one knew the Pale King for as long as Grimm did, they learned how to "read" their body language. The Pale King was not a normal bug and did not feel but the Troupe Master learned to look for the moment when he saw something that caused the gears in his head to turn.

He remembers when they first met and the blank stare Wyrm gave him, something new and interesting that had presented itself before the old God.

But the point is Grimm was decent at reading the expressionless. And the Hollow Knight has more worries then most normally would. He shakes his head and, if they allow it, reaches out to place a hand on their shoulder.]

The Radiance is not here and her sickness does not ravage this land. The disease that plagues the minds of these machines are not do to your presence.

[From what they all learned it was a disease that had seeped into the land of Umui long before anyone from Enso set foot on these shores.]