Ravensblood Forest ketos

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when kukutux returned, it was with a cleansed pelt. the boy was no longer there, but the rabbitfur lay empty. for a long while she was silent, staring down upon it and pondering why the young stranger had piqued a knowing in her. 

he will be back, the inner spirit spoke. it is not something to be ignored.

kukutux turned and moved off in the direction of yuelong, though the boy's haunted face would not leave her mind in the months to come, pinned there by some power beyond that of the duck.