MABEL
With the first component completed, the girl extended a soft sigh; uncertain if there was going to be a weight of disapproval, if there were limitations bound to her already, and the Wraith would be done with her immediately.
Instead, she was handed a knife.
Knives were familiar. No farm child was worth anything if they didn’t know how to handle a simple jackknife, serrated edges necessary for a variety of means and measures across the land. But she’d rarely used it to stab. To inflict pain. To maul or mutilate.
She wasn’t certain if she found the notion fulfilling, rewarding, or daunting. Some of the latter, most of the former. Another breath, and she tucked the offered weapon into her grasp, staring down at the hilt, before lunging.
Entirely inexperienced in this mode, but impulsive and unpredictable, intending to lance for somewhere near Wessex’s upper arm.
And expecting some full repercussions in return.
Instead, she was handed a knife.
Knives were familiar. No farm child was worth anything if they didn’t know how to handle a simple jackknife, serrated edges necessary for a variety of means and measures across the land. But she’d rarely used it to stab. To inflict pain. To maul or mutilate.
She wasn’t certain if she found the notion fulfilling, rewarding, or daunting. Some of the latter, most of the former. Another breath, and she tucked the offered weapon into her grasp, staring down at the hilt, before lunging.
Entirely inexperienced in this mode, but impulsive and unpredictable, intending to lance for somewhere near Wessex’s upper arm.
And expecting some full repercussions in return.
I bare my teeth
and stretch my claws out
and stretch my claws out
