Moonspear blood of the dragon

throwing in a reply to keep this moving; hop in whenever! i'd just like to get some of our older threads concluded <3

hoping for some sort of reprieve in this gathering, arcturus found none. around him somber faces assembled, each with eyes tinged in grief. he found he could not look any one of his family members in the eye -- otherwise, that roaring swell of anguish came back.

so he focused instead on hydra's words; they way they filtered off into the cold mountain air. he listened for signs of dissent, murmurs of distaste -- listened for any shift in weight or rustle of fur -- anything that might distract him now from what -- and who -- was gone.