And it truly was so.
Whenever players entered Sly Shop, the first thing he would say was always, "Spend the goddamn Geo!"
Of course, this was not its original intention.
In the world of Hollow Knight, the language used by NPCs was completely made-up insect speech, it was just that what players heard coincidentally matched its meaning quite well.
After rescuing caterpillars sealed in glass jars and bringing them to the original Bug Elder, he would cheerfully scatter a heap of Geo to reward the player.
He was also jokingly referred to by the viewers as Grandpa Sabei.
And the cartographer, who provided players with maps, before obtaining a map of an area, caused players to wander aimlessly like headless flies, shuffling back and forth across wide landscape cuts, annoyed by not being able to find the exit of the area.
