She disappears from the moment, moving away quickly.
At a lope she approaches the young prince, the healer that was training under Haziel. She is gentle with the child, as she often is—children are her favorite. There’s something to be said for the yearling that was willing to appear in the face of death, and she made a mental note to speak with him when all was said and done. For now, she moves to gently place her nose on his shoulder, should he allow it. “Will you take a look at my uncle Seamus please? His hind quarters are… not good.” Delya gestures to the den before looking to Alice.
The clockwork angel has begun to split the bear, moving from the lines Fenrir had already cleared. Her first order of business was to get inside the abdominal cavity and remove what would spoil the meat, all of the bits that pertained to the actual workings of a living creature. Stomach, intestines, the nastiest of things, removing and dumping them far enough away to not attract other predators. By the time she caught Delya’s gaze, she was ready to take the Russian dancer’s help in removing more limbs. "Come give me a hand please." The words sit heavily on Alice's tongue. They worked in easy time, shredding away the connective tissues. Everything about them was in easy time, Alice being the woman that had taught Delya nearly everything she knew.
Nearly Alice’s entire body is soaked in blood, but it’s no matter. She’s well-seated in her head, using the activity of pulling the meat and dividing it to calm her rushing brain. Life as it was, it came around. Now was a time to tend to the care of the living, allowing those that needed to mourn their dead. Alice would take care of them. She’d done it so many times before, and she would do it again. All she had was this family unbroken, the gypsies, and she would continue to play the matriarch for as long as they needed her to. The certain thing was that she would be sleeping a little closer to Seamus tonight.
alice & delya the clockwork angel & the russian dancer all we've got is this family unbroke |