[quote=@XxFellsingxX]
Sorry it's taking me a bit to get a post out. Been a little busy, and also I'm a little stumped on what the Crow is going to say to Ashley.
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Maybe I can help? I had a thought when I read Ashley's post.

[quote=@Digmata]

"I assume that it also puzzled you at times." she noted, not asked to the Crow.  "Human societies tend to be very complicated and ceremonial after all."

Her voice is laced with a bit of cynism. Ashley is a human studying history and even she can't help but perplexed at times after all.
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Animals do have their own ceremonial practices. Corvids, particularly crows, do engage in what is widely considered as funeral-like ceremonies when one of their own dies. 

Though whether or not the crows actually mourn, or are doing so to assess risks and dangers in the area and learning why one of their own died, only Nevermore could say.