Bearclaw Valley some kind of madness

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His pleading ceased as soon as Averna's jaws unlatched, releasing his muzzle in exchange for the rabbit's limb. She had not drawn blood, yet it had still hurt all the same. Instinctively, Astyanax's tail had curled up underneath him, his ears pressed flat against his skull. He stared up with wide eyes as she caught him in her spectral gaze for a moment, before she uttered a single word. Go.

Even with his limited vocabulary, it was clear he understood what she meant by the demand. With the haunch forgotten, he scrambled to his feet and made to hurry away from both the altar and his mad foster mother, fleeing the scene with his tail tucked firmly between his legs.