Eris is by Kiri, a gift from Sylvey!
The golden-hued dog stank of old wounds and salves, but were those not pleasant smells, when compared to the rot of the grave? The dark-furred woman felt an unexplainable stab of jealousy at the slim canine's presence and continued life while her Larkspur was dead and in the ground. I would have traded all of Salsola for his life, she thought bitterly, and knew it was true -- perhaps her children were exempt from this, but family was not Family, as she had come to learn.
Perhaps she ought to have complimented his wounds and praised his service, but she merely gaped at him with a hardened stare. She did not feel like being cordial or social -- in all truthfulness, she rather felt like stripping the skin off something. Molcaxitl was not around, though, and she could not truly harm Imhotep or any other professing loyalty to the family. And so, she stood, staring expectantly toward the slim gold dog. Yes? she prompted, wondering what might fill the hole Larkspur's loss had drilled through her. Chartreuse eyes were narrowed, burning with anger at the unfairness of the whole wide world.
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