DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
Solemn and quiet, he waited with a bakunawa’s clenched jaw instead of his human residuals. Another forging and steeling presented over the massive frame, keeping the devastation in the back of his mind for later moments – identifying the body, notifying friends or family, quietly adding it to a list of those deceased and gone, burning them amidst Halo’s usual honors.
Even the hunter grew stiller behind Alys, hand holding the body down as they carried on. Belial’s peryton mannerisms conveyed and hooted again, wings flapping overhead, as he scouted and noted – right in the direction the Sword was told to avoid.
His eyes narrowed, and the decision was made within an instant. If there were creatures nearby, then they were a threat, and if one of his people were still out there, hanging on and needing support, then he was going to grant it, regardless. Alys could be cross with him all she wanted - he'd be able to defend and maim and rescue simultaneously.
So the southeastern bank loomed in the distance, and he churned through the makeshift lake, eventually spotting another clinging to the verge and boundary, clearly alive, but ducked below jagged rocks and newly shorn stone.
Even the hunter grew stiller behind Alys, hand holding the body down as they carried on. Belial’s peryton mannerisms conveyed and hooted again, wings flapping overhead, as he scouted and noted – right in the direction the Sword was told to avoid.
His eyes narrowed, and the decision was made within an instant. If there were creatures nearby, then they were a threat, and if one of his people were still out there, hanging on and needing support, then he was going to grant it, regardless. Alys could be cross with him all she wanted - he'd be able to defend and maim and rescue simultaneously.
So the southeastern bank loomed in the distance, and he churned through the makeshift lake, eventually spotting another clinging to the verge and boundary, clearly alive, but ducked below jagged rocks and newly shorn stone.
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
