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A sound from behind her snaps her briefly from her tears, a soft blink as her head turns. Chacal appears like a shadowsilk wisp, and instinctively Coraline reaches out a paw for her.
There are no words exchanged, for a while, before her breath trembles and a whisper crawls from her tongue. I'm sorry, Chacal, her head dips to press against her chest. dat I was not here. Dat I ever left.
For now, she paid the ultimate price.
She extends nimble arms in the offer of an embrace, and again does she fall wordless, sinking into the chasm of grief as it strikes another blow.