Bramblepoint The Parting Glass

Gonna tidy this up in this post since it's a wee bit old. New thread soooooooon!! <3

Shrike huffed quietly, unimpressed that dogs were only supposed to get two lives. "Screw cats." He chuffed, having heard by some lore that cats got seven lives. Ah well. Cats were dumb anyway. Sassafras made a good point, and with one backward glance at the corpse, he grimaced and pushed himself to his feet. He wobbled feebly out of the den, and lay down, not quite sure if he was ready just yet to begin burying the body, given that he was strapped of almost all of his energy. 

Once he'd recharged a bit, he felt strong enough to help Sassafras bury the body, giving it a more dignified end than it deserved. Once the two were done with that, with Sassafras doing the majority of the work and Shrike making the odd grumble here and there, they made their way back toward the Caldera, slowly but surely after Shrike had miraculously recovered from his near-death experience.