innocence died screaming

"Only that which you are already doing. Your role is providing peace at death, not so much dealing with the spirits afterwards," Ludo says with a shrug, the black eyed child straighening up to its full (meagre) height and unsuccessfully straightening its rags. "Perhaps I would have a better opponent," it counters, leaning down to collect up the paper and stuff it into its sleeve. (It's still an offering, after all). "Very well," it says slowly. "No longer will your son be forfeit to your loose lips on the matter. But I will warn you - Safrin will know if her secret is shared, and she will know it was you. I would not let her kill you, but you won't be spared her wrath." And perhaps there's something conspiring in Ludo's tone, for how better for Remi to cement his husband's disdain for the goddess, than to put himself in her line of fire? LUDO Braved the forests, braved the stone Braved the icy winds and fire Braved and beat them on my own