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The grizzled old woman loved all of her children, this was true -- even the traitorous ones, Vitium and Andrezej. Some piece of her would always love them, though she would reject the former and the latter was long dead now. Still, even what the one-eyed coyote might have felt for her other children, the ones who had not betrayed their blood or Inferni, was nothing in comparison to this strange and twisted thing that had risen in her for Samael. She did not have the words to describe it and she did not think they existed in the language she spoke -- maybe some other, long-dead tongue could categorize their relationship and had a word for this strange thing unfolding between them.
There wasn't a moment of futzing around from the dark-streaked man; he slunk away from her and in the direction of the creature. The old woman waited, raptor-yellow eye shifting from Samael's retreating form to the location of the scuffling noises. She expected little more than a rodent, and was surprised at the young deer. A larger, older deer might have been a problem between just the two of them, but then again, an older deer would have been more alert to the world around it. The hybrid stood her ground as the deer careened the short distance between them and attempted to swerve. Her yellowed teeth were drawn out and protruding wickedly from curled lips as she swung her clawed hand toward the creature, the sharp tips of them aiming to sweep the creature's neck or shoulder.
Rewarding warmth flooded over her hand and arm as her claws tore through the deer's shoulder, slicing and tearing at the thick muscle there. The tawny creature staggered and continued to half-run on three legs, barely making it to the edge of the clearing before it fell completely, skidding to a stop on the ground. It thrashed and rolled, attempting to stand once again -- even the simplest of actions was made impossible by the pain and panic.
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