just take your time wherever you go
At Seren's outburst, Saiden frowned. Very carefully, he set down his rod, though he still held the hook with the worm on it, which still wiggled slightly, not quite dead. "Aye. I did." He said it without judgment, though he sighed.
Glancing up, he pointed to one of the Hels circling overhead. "I killed it the same as a bird might scoop up this very same worm. So that it might live. The same way a shark would eat a fish. So that it might live too. The same way we humans eat animals, so that we might survive." Pausing, he looked back at the girl. "But we only take as much as we need. Just that much, and no more. Would you begrudge us for doing what we need to in order to live?"
Then he bent his head over the worm. "And we thank that which sustains us for its sacrifice." Taking a deep breath, he let it out with a sigh. "Thank you for your gift."
Glancing up, he pointed to one of the Hels circling overhead. "I killed it the same as a bird might scoop up this very same worm. So that it might live. The same way a shark would eat a fish. So that it might live too. The same way we humans eat animals, so that we might survive." Pausing, he looked back at the girl. "But we only take as much as we need. Just that much, and no more. Would you begrudge us for doing what we need to in order to live?"
Then he bent his head over the worm. "And we thank that which sustains us for its sacrifice." Taking a deep breath, he let it out with a sigh. "Thank you for your gift."
