KORBIN
Leave my loneliness unbroken!
- quit the bust above my door!
- quit the bust above my door!
Keen eyes did not miss the descent of the bat. It was far larger than any that frequented the tunnels and caves of the Fangs, and stood out as much for its lack of company as for its size. An unusual thing, to see bats fly alone. More unusual still was how the bat shimmered and changed, stretching and growing as it descended, until soft paws better suited for a warmer kind of desert landed upon the snow. And then the cat spoke.
The raven croaked in alarm and in a smattering of dark wings it ascended, up into the relative safety of the air. But rather than disppearing off to find fortune elsewhere - which might have been the safer option - It circled around for a moment, only to descend again. It landed a few paces away from both carcass and cat, and watched with beady blue eyes. Assessing. Weighing options. And when a decision had been made, the dark bird cautiously hopped closer to the ragged bones. Slowly, carefully inching back. The raven was still hungry, and somehow exuded a feeling of immense annoyance.
"Mine. You go away."
The raven croaked in alarm and in a smattering of dark wings it ascended, up into the relative safety of the air. But rather than disppearing off to find fortune elsewhere - which might have been the safer option - It circled around for a moment, only to descend again. It landed a few paces away from both carcass and cat, and watched with beady blue eyes. Assessing. Weighing options. And when a decision had been made, the dark bird cautiously hopped closer to the ragged bones. Slowly, carefully inching back. The raven was still hungry, and somehow exuded a feeling of immense annoyance.
"Mine. You go away."
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
"Nevermore."
