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[biteoffherhead]

[There is a little biddy fawn flittering around Luceti. You know, baby deer fawn. Yep. Also, a giant wolf god behind it. THIS CAN ONLY END BADLY RIGHT.

...Except not. The fawn doesn't seem to be afraid of Moro at all. And if Moro doesn't see you? You'll find that Moro is playing with this thing. Playing with a fawn. A prey animal. If

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[myowndrumbeat]

[River is having one of those, "appear abruptly from seeming nowhere", moments.]

...What's Mother-Vengeance speaking of?

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[biteoffherhead]

[Uh, hi. She actually isn't sure what you're referring to, so enjoy her default PLAYING I'M NOT PLAYING sneer]

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[myowndrumbeat]

[She arches an eyebrow in a manner somehow more vocal then her words]

Be thankful it's not blue. [River looks at the fawn and then crouches down, tilting her head to look at it's face curiously from a few yards away]

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[biteoffherhead]

...Gibberish.

[The fawn looks at River curiously, approaching slowly until Moro steps between them, snarling loudly at River.]

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[myowndrumbeat]

Not happy to see me.. When is Vengeance happy?

[River remains crouched down, looking up at Moro blankly]

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[biteoffherhead]

[Moro pauses, unsure of how to interpret River's words. She isn't used to very insightful humans, after all.]

...When I crush human bones in my jaws.

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[myowndrumbeat]

Vengeance isn't happy when vengeance is enacted. [She chews her lip thoughtfully]

Taking away the Vengeance is to leave Vengeance without joy. It's a puzzle, but not for this moon. [River stands up gracefully and holds out her arm, palm out towards Moro] I am human. As a human is an animal, so to am I human.

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[biteoffherhead]

It is not so simple.

[Moro simply snorts at River, amused that she was trying to decipher Moro's intents.]

And all humans are revolting creatures that do naught but take.

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[She remains palm out, facing Moro quietly]

Would Vengeance have me bleed? Bleed the essence.. Perfume, absolution. Would you have me absolved in blood?

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[biteoffherhead]

If such was my fancy at the moment. But I have sworn not to without proper reason, as my hatred is not enough.

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...[After a short pause, River turns her attention back to the fawn and looks intently at it]

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[biteoffherhead]

[Moro simply growled, and despite the fawn's curiosity, she refused to let it anywhere near any humans, let alone this one that Moro herself had half a mind to lash out against anyway.

She nudged the fawn with her nose, pushing it back towards the forest.]

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[myowndrumbeat]

[River looks up at Moro's mouth and at her teeth]

Mothers blood.. Vengeance seeking redemption..? [She crouches back down and twirls a strand of hair between her fingers]

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[biteoffherhead]

...You haven't the faintest idea.

It is not a matter simply of vengeance. It is above that. Beyond that. There is no redemption for the human kind. They will crush under my jaws until the Forest Spirit takes my life for good!

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[myowndrumbeat]

Tsk, dealing in absolutes.

[She shakes her head] Being beyond the state of nothing is nothing. Stagnation leads only to It.

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[biteoffherhead]

When they move to destroy us, it will be their own deaths they bring forth.

It is simply a matter of satisfaction in hindering them until then.