Hushed Willows coral-cold.

reif had, presumably, stolen the adults attention with his shrieking, or at least that's what remus is going with, for atwood had yet to be moved from the scene. he does not approach the rapidly cooling body of his fallen mother, but stands silent guard as the other adults realize what's happened and come together to mourn. he would not have moved at all for a good long time, but his attention is caught by a small dark form barrelling towards his aunt's corpse.

curiously he draws closer. the other boy doesn't seem to realize what's happened, though to be fair, neither entirely does atwood. only he knows, somehow, that sleeping isn't right. it seems safer to approach lily than ariel (too strange, too startling), so he does, until he is right beside the other boy. "not," he says, and frowns. what is the meaning of their unnatural stillness? something he is instictively sensitive to, but unable to cognizantly name. so instead he just repeats, "not."