Redtail Rise bloodsnow

his eyes throbbed, and then ancelin tasted salt. it held the flavor of shame. he kept himself beside redd, his face turned away. he did not sob nor did he allow the sound of it to enter his voice, gone flat and without inflection. "i just feel nothing inside."
so where did it matter where he went?
he could feel his throat hoarsening, and so ancelin spoke nothing else, only shared this quiet communion with redd and tried to discover peace in it.