Arrow Lake atemlos

figured we needed an updated one in light of recent goings-on <3 staying vague. he has been gone from DA since the 27th.

descending down into the core claim of diaspora once more, mahler found himself besieged with sadness and exhausted. he waded into the lake, washing all manner of tell-tale scent from his coat. it was not something he wished to explain, for already he must tell the story of why he had been absent from their leaderless clan two days.
still dampened, mahler picked his way to stigmata's grave. pawmarks in the soft soil reminded him that his kill-brother had been loved, oft visited. the gargoyle stared down upon the earth which was at last beginning to settle, and slowly lowered himself down until his belly embraced the ground and his eyes were fixed unseeingly upon the last resting place of the ironstar.
@Takiyok — the memory of her face as she too stared helplessly upon their bloodied and beloved stigmata was not something he could soon forget.