Notes

Everything is natural in origin, but if you turn it into something that nature can no longer recycle, then you’ve removed it from that realm entirely.

Me and mine believe the further you distance yourself from the realities of what it means to be an animal in this world, the more you risk severing your connection to it.

Beautiful. Made me cry.

Mosscap reached out its hand. With an aching gentle-ness, it lay its fingers on the animal’s dying body. Its, eyes became focused, and it bowed its head closer. “It’s all right,” Mosscap murmured, its metallic voice thick with respect and sorrow. “I know. It’s not fair. But it’s all right. It’ll be over soon.” Mx. Avery stared at Mosscap, their gaze as conflicted as Dex felt. They hesitated for a moment, then put their hand on Mosscap’s shoulder as they, too, watched the fish’s movements begin to slow. Dex did the same, a silent prayer to Bosh running through them. All three sat still, and together, they held vigil as something that had never existed before and never would again ceased its struggling and came to an end.