does anyone want the context for this? that was a rhetorical question here you go
their names are ruby (tall, she/it/they) and pond (short, they/he) and they are both vessels
both of them successfully escaped the abyss but went in different directions. pond was found and raised by elder crimson, aka grandma, aka centipede guy, while ruby just kind of wandered around kingdom's edge and eventually stumbled upon the colosseum of fools and somehow managed to not die there long enough
btw did i mention crimson aka grandma aka centipede guy ruled a village? well she ruled a village. and it got infected. and she got infected. and she died. and pond had to find a new place to live so they wandered off into the world. (they and anemone aka worm thing also helped each other for a while but that's not important)
anyways 2 eternities of walking around hallownest later they end up in the colosseum as well, because this one guy who i have not drawn or named and is not relevant to any other part of their backstory just kind of. shoves them in against their will
they somehow do not get completely annihilated there and finally get to fight ruby. after a brief moment of her barely missing pond they both realize who the other one is and the crowd boos as they hug it out. and then they get out of the colosseum through the power of plotholes (i don't know yet ok)