Larksong Grotto Send in the Clowns

alone, but visible — ancelin pulled a rabbit apart and ate the steaming liver.
masque's arrival caused his hackles to flicker momentarily. "thought you guys had left." did he mean to be cruel? hell if he knew. the more he thought about it, the more resentment was building in his heart for avicus and the constant push-pull-disappearing act his entire family had pulled. why even stand here?
he tossed the remains of the thing aside and didn't look toward masque as he stood.