Serpent Lake have you tried turning it off and on again?

"suzanne was the first of my witches. i loved her. she breathed life into my cold soul," lasher murmured softly, glancing with a wan expression at kero. "she was killed by those who once gave her solace, and her crime was me, perhaps." so many convoluted, horrid things had occurred in such a small span of time that taltos was unable to recall all of it.

he lay his muzzle across his forepaws with a sigh, but his eyes remained trained upon the ruddy creature. he wondered how kero fared beneath tonravik's rule; his affections toward the bear-woman were apparent, but the wolves of tartok were a feral sort, and cold in many ways. despite his affiliation, the crimson man did not seem to be of that same ilk.

"what about yourself, kero? have you any tales to tell?" he jested with a heart heavy as a millstone.