Bearclaw Valley windes blast and weder strong

"i killed a boy. i killed his father. ursus tore two, three, apart."
breathless, remembering in a suddenly misted miasma of glory.
ecstasy;
"i killed a dog loyal to me. and nearly, my own son."
"perhaps others; two; once. in a field. they screamed."
merrick, glittering and dazzled and lightless.
merrick, staring at surya.
"it was the healing i had needed."