MABEL
“I don’t give a fuck about what your gods think.” He could have them – in all their impassivity, in all their favoritism, in all their collected bullshit. He could have the way they refused to gaze upon those who’d sworn their allegiance. He could have the way they barely acknowledged people they’d deemed insignificant, in the children left to rot, wither, and decay. In the innocent. In the damned and doomed.
She toyed on a knife’s edge now – standing there on her rock, proud and shadowed, fangs glistening in the hollows and hallows of moonlight. She wouldn’t leave. She’d howl and whip and scar and maul, tilting her head a fraction as the words bombarded.
Meant to rankle and ruin – her eyes narrowing a fraction, regarding the way he spoke, the intention behind them.
Mabel wished all of the old deities and their putrid spirits would fall apart at the sight of something better, something greater, something grander. But the distinction was there, pinpointed and jabbed at the fringes of her mind, something else, something boundless, unraveling. “And how did you get this fluid?” Maybe his pride would be his downfall. Maybe he’d be conceited enough to announce it.
She toyed on a knife’s edge now – standing there on her rock, proud and shadowed, fangs glistening in the hollows and hallows of moonlight. She wouldn’t leave. She’d howl and whip and scar and maul, tilting her head a fraction as the words bombarded.
Meant to rankle and ruin – her eyes narrowing a fraction, regarding the way he spoke, the intention behind them.
Mabel wished all of the old deities and their putrid spirits would fall apart at the sight of something better, something greater, something grander. But the distinction was there, pinpointed and jabbed at the fringes of her mind, something else, something boundless, unraveling. “And how did you get this fluid?” Maybe his pride would be his downfall. Maybe he’d be conceited enough to announce it.
If you dig under my feet
You will find things that you don't want to see
You will find things that you don't want to see
