Blackfeather Woods Farewell

Potema was numb. She barely realized it when her eldest brother stepped forward and gave her an affectionate lick. Her body jolted and she blinked, quickly returning the action as Damien walked towards their younger siblings. She took this opportunity to give her mother one last physical goodbye. Her body would be moved and given to the birds and it would be the last time she would ever see her body in its natural form. She needed to take this opportunity.

The White Princess (for there was a Black-furred one now), stepped into the darkness where her mother lay. It reeked, but she paid it no mind. She approached the body with a religious reverance; this was the woman who taught her everything she knew. Not even the witches Meldresi was sending her to could replace that in her heart, no matter what kind of power they taught her.

Potema pressed her head against Meldresi's cold shoulder, burying her face into the crook of her neck. She murmured something quietly to herself and to Meldresi, before pulling away and taking one last look. "May the Dread Lord Sithis embrace you in the Void, Mother, and reunite you with all of our fallen Brothers and Sisters." The prayer over, she exited her mother's home, her first home, and stood by her younger siblings. She didn't look at them, only waiting for Burke to signal them to bring Meldresi to Redgrove.