un: heart-fluttering hummingbird | audio (forward-dated: 24 May)

[downswing]

( A silence to his mouth, begrudging. The words, when he does speak them, gravel between teeth: )

...apologies. The blood in the northern halls will want more hands for the washing.

We made insufficient attempt.


( ooc: posted today for ooc ease, but assume this comes up after Sizhui/Eleven/Mingyu speak with the miners, around 24 May. Alina and Lan Wangji have given the miners their mercy kill, before they could fully transition, and removed the bodies from where they were kept... but clean-up. )

Comments

[bearshermark]

Don't you dare- that isn't-

I'm wondering if there's any reason I should be wary of your execution methods.

[downswing]

The dead did not suffer needlessly.

[bearshermark]

[Relief, and with it, a good bit more calm]

..Okay.