*Beatrix grunts at John, then looks down at Horus. She sighs and turns away to give Jilial mourning space. She knows what loss feels like, so her mood softens a little bit.*

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*Meanwhile Vaseraga is still trekking back, completely unaware of his wounds which are fucking horrid on a lot of levels. Eustace is worse though, and may permanently go deaf, considering he has better and more sensitive hearing than almost every cat ever.*

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*Zeta cooks like a good woman and sneakily puts a couple burnt bread pieces in front of Xan for when she wakes up, and sneaks off to the little girls room.*