I’ve worked with a lot of Glyphs, but none are quite like Tick Wick.

He’s not intelligent the way humans are. He doesn’t understand betrayal, loyalty, or strategy. He only reacts. Fear, instinct, and survival drive him. And that’s what makes him both fascinating and dangerous.

Tick Wick’s body is an hourglass. The sand inside isn’t just decorative—it’s part of him. When he’s scared, he can slow time, or even accelerate it without control. Panic makes him unpredictable. But calm him, and he can anchor the flow of the world around him.

When I first caught him, he was terrified of everything—my hands, the wind, Boom Boom’s stomps. But I learned to calm him. Boom Boom helps too. Together, we can stabilize him.

Then came Mothich, a more deliberate Glyph, a silk ...