Lost Creek Hollow blackbird song is over now

Thanks for the thread!

Seeing that their conversation was growing dim and closing, Shikoba was relieved that Mordecai was going to excuse himself rather than her asking him to leave. He gave her his dismissal, a bump of his nose to her muzzle before departing. She bowed her head to him, soon watching him leave.

The native, filled with silence and peace, turned to lay down and shut her eyes. She drifted off into a slumber, one that would bring great pain and peace.