Arrow Lake haunting equals attachment

though the fragehda feels no shame at committing matricide; his heart ticks like an armed bomb in his throat all the same as the pallid woman is dismissive and turns to face what is left of the commander's corpse. for what reason, worripa could not say; though the jittering of nerves bounce around inside him and a restlessness settles in the muscles of his body.

to crow that it was him.

that he had been the one to end her life — despite that she was on death's doorstep when he'd found her.

but worripa refuses to think of it as a mercy death; for that would make him look kind ...and he wasn't. he was selfish and arrogant and cruel; determined to carve a niche for himself be it in stone or bone.

it is because worripa thinks he notes some form of recognition for what is left of praimfaya's corporeal form in nyra that tips the scales of worripa's decision. he ghosts forward. she was my mother, worripa says in a low croon; unaware that he speaks to one of praimfaya's enemies ...of which, she had many. i killed her.