Ouroboros Spine Black as Soot, Cold as Ice

She, unbeknownst to him, secretly wished that a certain member of the Spine, the one who relayed this information to her, had burned in the fire and died. Seriously, even her mother wouldn't let that kind of man in the Woods. But, he didn't need to know at all. He didn't need to know her darkness. "Deer are smart in their own way. I'm sure most of them got else." She shrugged, though this was months ago. Who could tell for sure any more?

"I don't know." She said, shrugging, though what he said was pretty plausible. Trees were much stronger than bone, weren't they? She could test that if she wanted. "I don't know much about fire, but as much as I want to know..." She looked around, seeing the blackened forest. "I don't want to either."