[say]“Oh,”[/say] came Melita’s stupefied voice, the moment the mouse was unearthed. Was…was that what they’d come all that way for? A rodent?
Tilting her head, and trying not to grind her teeth, her eyes narrowed, pinpointing something near the tail. Gilded. Gleaming. Some elemental faction already eagerly plucking at the Honeybee’s crow brain. In a low whisper, and pointing, so either not to disturb the mouse or…cause it to react, she acknowledged what she saw to the Evergreen. [say]“There’s something by its tail. Gold and shiny.”[/say] She glanced at the other woman, uncertain what they wanted to do. Attack the little thing? Contain it, as she’d done previously with the other animals?
Tilting her head, and trying not to grind her teeth, her eyes narrowed, pinpointing something near the tail. Gilded. Gleaming. Some elemental faction already eagerly plucking at the Honeybee’s crow brain. In a low whisper, and pointing, so either not to disturb the mouse or…cause it to react, she acknowledged what she saw to the Evergreen. [say]“There’s something by its tail. Gold and shiny.”[/say] She glanced at the other woman, uncertain what they wanted to do. Attack the little thing? Contain it, as she’d done previously with the other animals?
