Bramblepoint Choke the chicken

SO AWKS

taltos did not wish to stop peregrine, for this was not a time for banter. never could they have that again, and so he stood silently by as the panther turned to his tasks. and yet he wanted to remain in the shadow of the man's presence for a moment longer, though he did not understand why. he should hate peregrine, and it should be reciprocated in the other's hear -- perhaps it was, though lasher felt he would have already been attacked if that was so.

the tension betwixt the pair was tangible, a hot breath of unresolved words and unspoken emotions. and still he was quiet, until he felt he simply must speak. though he had been prideful, spiteful, that the man's daughter had come to donnelaith, taltos straightened and regarded peregrine. "raven ... came to us and remained for some time before she went upon her way." he did not reveal the circumstances of her departure, nor her arrival -- lasher paused then, listening to see if peregrine had anything with which to respond before he left the uncomfortable scene.

momentarily he let the vision of the panther's visage fill his eyes, remembering the last gentle moments they had shared in the twilight of their love for one another.