Noctisardor Bypass somiyon

her back twitched, cat-like, as the water droplets cascaded into the water around them and on their fur. she did not release the broken wing until she felt heda readjust her grasp and pull the bird downwards. she grinned, bloodied feathers caught in her teeth, and witch moved to nose beneath heda's chin— you did this, you!— an acknowledgement of her densister's strength. the pale child had assisted, but it was heda that had caught the bird and killed.

witch wanted that wing, to stow away as a token of their first kill, but she waited in deference to heda.