Nocturne Summit A sea of clouds

"i learned out of necessity. when it was no longer necessary, i continued to do it." not truly a rejoinder. crowfeather would have to make of that what he would.

"where will you take us today, celes?" germanicus asked next, moving them onward. he scraped gristle from legbone with a smart plucking, ears tilted for crowfeather's answer.

there was something truly now existent in the way that the youth regarded him. germanicus was foolish to pretend it had not happened. 

and yet he went on, ignoring what he had seen these past days. this was an easier path.