Emberwood [m]Reach for light.

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Answer me
I want to feel your body heat against the blue flame of hypothermia

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Grackle was still drifting away in the void that was her mind. Her body was moving, and her words were flowing without conscious thought.

Are you a man or a boy? If you're a man, then hit me like one! Her forepaw slapped across his face, venomous words dripping from her mouth, accompanied by blood and spittle. Her relentless onslaught continued. Show me your anger! She spat, another powerful backhand crashing down from a different angle.

Is that the best you've got? Her teeth clamped onto his scruff, shaking him with relentless violence—an earthquake incarnate—before slamming into him with her full weight.

He retaliated with fervor, a flurry of biting and tearing, each movement punctuated by lethal intent. There it was. That was good. She floated in the abyss, content to ease her guilty conscience. Finally receiving the punishment she so rightfully deserved. She made no attempt to evade the onslaught.

Grackle met the ground with a resounding thud, the impact knocking the breath out of her lungs and bringing her back to reality. Her wild gaze darted around, confusion reigning as her chest heaved and she fought to reclaim the breath that had come so easily just a moment ago. How did she end up here? She couldn't remember.

She was staring up into his eyes. Eyes like hers, eyes like pit vipers, unwavering in their fury. His head would momentarily return to the same spot after landing a brutish snap, and her unwavering gaze would be there to meet him. She didn't resist or retaliate; instead, she surrendered to his wrath like a marionette. This was fine. She sensed her own blood pooling beneath her, staining the ground, and knew that, she too, was fine. With her eyes closed, she tilted her head back, baring her throat.

Do as you wish.