Duskfire Glacier quoth the raven, “nevermore”

Huginn had no opinion of the oppressive summer temperatures.  While the heat makes his sister touchier than usual, it merely drained the brother-raven, leaving him sluggish and panting— but it did not change his demeanor in the slightest. He is always the same, always the same, always the same. And it is this sameness that Muninn has come to rely on; a sameness that has made him the unshakeable executioner to his twin’s erratic targeting. For you see, Huginn held no opinions because his sister carried them all herself. It was how it had always been. How things always would be.

The shadow hovered behind her, quiet besides the soft rumbles that jarred his throat as a response whenever she spoke. He had found long ago that being too silent often led to her frustration. And when sweet, insane Muninn was upset, she lashed out. He had been touched by her lightning on almost every inch of his body. Most of the scars were gone or invisible, but he carried trophies of her everywhere he went— wielding his body like a shrine dedicated to just her.

His ears pressed forward as they(she) paused to speculate on their journey’s progress. He was so indifferent to her decision to follow the would-be-king, that he often forgot that it was what they were doing. This brief foray with the landscape brought them a visitor, and Huginn noticed the aging wolf’s approach the moment before she called out to them. He glanced at Muninn, intimately aware of what was likely to happen next, and he watched her transform like the serpentous chameleon she was.

He turned his body to face their conversation, but made no move or expression to otherwise indicate that he was engaged. It was easy enough to label him a simpleton with the way he presented himself, though pity to the wolf who would think to treat him as such. They would find rather quickly that the hangman chose his actions, rather than being unable to perform them. The social woman’s smile to him was met with a slow blink, as if he had not understood the sentiment.