Bearclaw Valley some words with a mummy

backdated to Saturday, 07/04

the fledgling chickadee had died. she finds it in a thicket, where it had presumably spent its last hours hidden away from predators. without food and its parents, it was a goner. Avicus prods it gently, and upon finding no movement from the fragile thing, takes it into her mouth. it's still slightly warm.

the girl carries it to the den, where she will likely find @Astara and @Aventus. she wants to show them her newest discovery. god knows she is already annoying enough with showing off what she has found,

but this! the sticks and stones and abandoned bones pale in comparison.

she deposits the bird at her mother's paws, looking at the dark woman with a toothy grin. dead, she announces, chin raised in triumph. she glances at Aventus (if he is there) and repeats herself: dead. what would they make of it?