Blacktail Deer Plateau did you really ever think I gave a damn about you

scarab was dead.
her heart was shredded.
if it was a lie, it was one she must tell herself to maintain the barest hint of sanity.
erzulie came to stand alongside raleska, mismatched stare taking in the rolling lash of the inexorable sea. 
”it has taken too much from me,” the harlot intoned bitterly. ”i will not be goin’ back to it after all dis has passed.”