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her jaw clenches upon the word. orphaned. she can't help but feel the same, grown as she is—but it's different for the girl, so young. what a brave little soul, making it alone out here.

Avicus chuckles at the queries and nods. mmhm, she replies, nodding. alwayhh' 'hhake bloodh from 'em, Lilia. even if you're bleedin'.

pressing her mouth against the ice, her body growing cold—

you bite 'em back? Avicus asks, and it's vague, but perhaps the girl knows what she means. not a corporeal bogieman, but something beyond. or something intangible. she thinks it's a 'yes.' Lilia is tough.

and still. . .