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There was only momentary hesitation from the green-eyed girl, barely so much to be called such. She spoke confidently, and the elder canine smiled beneath the bear-skull, tilting her head forward slowly and gently. There were no more words to be spoken. Eris was not one for incantations, certainly not prayer. The world they reached for was not one governed by words and letters and language. Afterward, she would guide her daughter, interpreting whatever it was Salvia would see tonight, but Eris would not taint these visuals beforehand.
The sable-hued woman leaned toward the fire where the wood and kindling had been gathered together, striking the match against stone to light it. Molca's skill in retrieving things from the dead city had come in handy more times than Eris could count, but her thoughts were far from the slave as the flames leaped upward, devouring the drier grass and underbrush and moving for the wood quickly. Smoke billowed steadily upward to the night sky, but the light from her small firepit would be obscured by the walls of the ruins. They would be invisible in the night -- for now, anyway.
The fire burning merrily, the hybrid turned back to the rabbit, her attentions on the remainder of preparation rather than Salvia. Still, her chartreuse gaze glanced every now and again to the younger canine, both curious and regarding her with a small amount of suspicion. Though the hybrid wished for nothing more than the success of her Eternity daughter, she knew she would not be the one to judge it. The rabbit on the altar, still twitching and shuddering, the sable hybrid now brought forth the dagger presenting it to Salvia with both hands. It was pale white and stark against the shadow of her fur, its gleaming size and shape unmistakable for anything but what it was -- the thick femur of an adult Optime.
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