DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
The ethereal creatures remained where they were, grazing, searching for pieces and portions of their next meal, not yet disturbed by the humans spying upon them from afar. The Sword still held them in high regard, even if they were hunted primarily here, for the services they provided in the Grounds, and had no inclination of bombarding, of stalking, of ensuring they too would become a portion of the prey they brought back to the Citadel. A low rumble exuded from his chest as he watched, piercing eyes persisting in their calculating efforts, hushed, quiet enough, to not extend over the ice and rime. “Their antlers keep the monsters at bay during LongNight.” At least in the Hallowed sanctions; their own extended weeks of complete, utter darkness were hopefully not to be so damned and doomed. “We used to lure them with apples and hay.” And then he snorted. “Or singing.”
Then he began a whistle, recollections of war refrains, of drums in the mist, of trumpets blaring in all directions – witnessing the raising of heads, of ear flickers, of flared nostrils. Zuriel lingered alongside him, perhaps a more peaceful countenance, but he persisted and continued, if only to see their reactions. “They do not like dark magic though, so I apologize if they do not come closer.” A warning, perhaps; for he was instilled with those nefarious means since the moment he was born, and had seen the deer eye him warily many times over.
Then he began a whistle, recollections of war refrains, of drums in the mist, of trumpets blaring in all directions – witnessing the raising of heads, of ear flickers, of flared nostrils. Zuriel lingered alongside him, perhaps a more peaceful countenance, but he persisted and continued, if only to see their reactions. “They do not like dark magic though, so I apologize if they do not come closer.” A warning, perhaps; for he was instilled with those nefarious means since the moment he was born, and had seen the deer eye him warily many times over.
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
