Gilded Bay echoes

fading out here, anyone who wants to can feel free to tack on their own fades

he knew it would happen eventually, but still it turned his stomach to see the man tear into the sea-beast. it hurt his heart, though, to hear lucas's cry. he might have done the same thing, at the boy's age. he wanted to do it now. and yet, he knew they must live.

it was going to happen eventually, khush, govinda said sadly, mouth tugging downward in a frown. if not us, it would be the vultures, the coyotes. . .other scavengers. the whale has died, but we can live because of it. the most we can do to honor his memory is to make him seem. . .valuable. quite macabre, really.

he stepped forward, ready to tear the salty flesh himself. he said a quick, heartfelt prayer under his breath, and then opened his jaws to devour the king of the waters.