[SE] It’s easy for us to think “what difference are we making?”

Maea

What you're given, what you live in
Darling, it finds a way to live in you

One moment she was putting everything into the struggle against the serpent. The next, it slumped to the ground, limp and lifeless, and the tigress wasted no time in letting go. Dark blood stained her maw and with a look of utter disgust she began to wipe it with her paws. The taste of void made her nauseous, lacing her vision with crawling things and reaching shadows. She heard Noah's words, though had no real way of answering right away.

She simply flicked her tail in acknowledgement, then hastened past him and all but threw herself into the spring to cleanse herself off the taint. She wouldn't mind keeping him company for the duration of his search - but it would have to wait the few minutes it would take for her mind to clear. Gods, but that was the last time she set her teeth to anything that purple - a thoroughly unpleasant experience.


[FIN]

And your heart, love, has such darkness
I feel it in the corners of the room