Broken Antler Fen Dead girl!

she did not mean to bristle; it happened involuntarily, an aspect of frustration rather than true anger. teya did not want to be forced into saying the words again, into recounting it again. she licked her jaws and stepped back, toward ibis, who had delicately appeared on her peripherals.
all the raven did now was try to catch the stranger's eye, giving a sharp nod in answer to the question of has something happened? 
the girl refused to look toward the woman she still called auspex.
a jerk of her muzzle vaguely skyward, perhaps a more universal sign that the one indicated had passed on.
tears suddenly stood angry and hot in her rushwater stare.