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[biteoffherhead]

[After getting roughed up by Yuber, albeit not without doing a decent job of returning the favor, Moro can be seen slowly wandering into the town, bleeding from shallow wounds and giving off a stench of burnt flesh and fur.

She doesn't seem to act too injured - in fact, at times it seems like she's strutting.

Oh Moro.]

Comments

[forestpride]

[oh, Moro. San would have a few things to say about going into the village already injured, except that she's hurt too, after a run-in with Presea. Her usual proud walk has become a limp...but no less proud]

[biteoffherhead]

[Moro has the intention of getting the injuries fixed, however, so she's got to go into the village.]

When I arrived, it was shortly after my death. The Malnosso reattached my head and gave me life so that I may be their prisoner... and I was swarmed by concerned humans that were intent on healing me.

[forestpride]

[hear that sound? That is San being incredulous. If it were spring and there were plants growing she'd tend to Moro herself. ...It's a sore spot that now she'll have to let the humans do it]

[biteoffherhead]

I suppose it's a merit that the humans here aren't useless.

But all things can be exploited.

[forestpride]

What if they hear what you've done and choose to hurt you?

[biteoffherhead]

I'll snap them in half.

[forestpride]

[good enough. San goes back to being focused on not letting her limp make her fall behind]

[biteoffherhead]

[Moro herself isn't at a very swift pace. She's maintaining a vigilance and keeping her guard up instead, slowly walking through the snow.]

[forestpride]

A young human girl was cutting down trees.

[biteoffherhead]

Did you kill her?

[forestpride]

She carried a large axe. I attacked her but couldn't get past it. ...She gave me...seedlings of trees. To replace the one she killed.

[biteoffherhead]

...Then her ignorance is best ignored and her behavior best monitored.

If you catch her doing it again, show no mercy.

[forestpride]

I won't.

[she would have killed her the first time if Presea hadn't been so damn fast with that axe]

[biteoffherhead]

The humans here are surprising. They merit caution as well as an opportunity to prove themselves.

[forestpride]

The one who injured you was not a human.

[biteoffherhead]

No. He was a demon.

Long before humans turned against the gods, the duty of the gods was to kill demons.

It has been a very, very long time since I've seen a demon with so little self-respect that it would wear a human face.