Like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins
Fun to get himself involved in dramatics, theatrics, bloodshed, and death? If Melita paused for a moment, or self-reflected, granted and given a slight snippet of self-awareness, she might’ve not badgered on. Instead, she tilted her head back to look at him as if he’d sprouted three heads. “That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.”
Shaking her head, full of mock-disappointment, she continued plucking until all the feathers had wound up in the bucket, and the ramphire was stark and bereft before them. Before she could even start applying knife skills to the test, he let out another comment that had her sighing, rolling her eyes, and wrinkling her nose. “Gross.” She liked Nate well enough, but she’d endured enough of Sunjata’s overt tendencies towards flirtation when Maea was still alive, and had no intention of reliving it.
The youth then had to apply actual concentration to her task, the carving sanction in her grasp, the finest bit of power and prestige binding her to attention. Grabbing hold of another bucket for future contents, either edible or set aside for whatever else, she placed it beneath the carcass. Then, without much preamble, she cut a line down the sanction of the stomach, as they’d often do with deer.
Shaking her head, full of mock-disappointment, she continued plucking until all the feathers had wound up in the bucket, and the ramphire was stark and bereft before them. Before she could even start applying knife skills to the test, he let out another comment that had her sighing, rolling her eyes, and wrinkling her nose. “Gross.” She liked Nate well enough, but she’d endured enough of Sunjata’s overt tendencies towards flirtation when Maea was still alive, and had no intention of reliving it.
The youth then had to apply actual concentration to her task, the carving sanction in her grasp, the finest bit of power and prestige binding her to attention. Grabbing hold of another bucket for future contents, either edible or set aside for whatever else, she placed it beneath the carcass. Then, without much preamble, she cut a line down the sanction of the stomach, as they’d often do with deer.
Melita
