Jigano jerked his blade back in reflex, trying to escape the dying creature's final throes as black blood erupted from its throat and it collapsed beneath the hawk that struggled free and into the body of a man in a tangle that left the bard wincing. Still holding his rapier tensely in case it wasn't as dead as it looked, the white-haired man's breath hissed white in the cold air, heart pounding a staccato rhythm in his ears. Only after the three of them remained frozen long enough for his pulse to start to slow did the lorekeeper begin to relax, clearing his throat as he straightened and swallowed hard at the sight of the abomination stretched out on the snow.
Its black blood splashed like rotten ink across the pristine white that coated the world, but Jigano was just glad that he didn't see any red mixed with it. Tentatively he stepped forward, nudging an outflung, taloned arm with his sword to open a fresh gash in its skin. His exhalation shuddered a bit more than he would have liked when nothing further happened, and he knelt quickly to wipe his blade clean on the beast's body before sheathing it and turning to Remi.
The boy was still a bit wild-eyed, shaken in a way Jigano could appreciate a bit more after his own run-in with Ludo. He reached out slowly to touch his shoulder, fingers light and voice gentle. "Remi? Are you alright?" he asked softly. "Did it scratch you at all?"
Its black blood splashed like rotten ink across the pristine white that coated the world, but Jigano was just glad that he didn't see any red mixed with it. Tentatively he stepped forward, nudging an outflung, taloned arm with his sword to open a fresh gash in its skin. His exhalation shuddered a bit more than he would have liked when nothing further happened, and he knelt quickly to wipe his blade clean on the beast's body before sheathing it and turning to Remi.
The boy was still a bit wild-eyed, shaken in a way Jigano could appreciate a bit more after his own run-in with Ludo. He reached out slowly to touch his shoulder, fingers light and voice gentle. "Remi? Are you alright?" he asked softly. "Did it scratch you at all?"
