KORBIN
Leave my loneliness unbroken!
- quit the bust above my door!
- quit the bust above my door!
There was some glaring, a good deal of puffed feathers and ominous hissing from the raven as the badger stole closer. But in the end, it tolerated the dinner companion. There was more food than the bird could comfortably eat anyway, and it was not adverse to sharing when there was a surplus.
When he had sated his hunger, the raven backed off and left what was left to the badger. Flying up onto a branch, he began to clean off the gore and blood from beak and talons, and settled in to preen, patiently realigning all the feathers gone askew during the hunt and the meal.
It was comfortable in this form. After a while, all the problems of every day life began to melt away. Sometimes, he could even forget that there was such a thing as a grumpy boy with the problems of the world weighing on his shoulders.
Only the memory of a pretty girl with fire in her eyes kept him from giving in to it completely.
When he had sated his hunger, the raven backed off and left what was left to the badger. Flying up onto a branch, he began to clean off the gore and blood from beak and talons, and settled in to preen, patiently realigning all the feathers gone askew during the hunt and the meal.
It was comfortable in this form. After a while, all the problems of every day life began to melt away. Sometimes, he could even forget that there was such a thing as a grumpy boy with the problems of the world weighing on his shoulders.
Only the memory of a pretty girl with fire in her eyes kept him from giving in to it completely.
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
"Nevermore."
