InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ One Tenth of a Picture ❯ The Fallen ( Chapter 16 )

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The Fallen

In her village she had seen pottery made, the clay going from supple to stone. That, she understood, was what was happening to her. She had crawled from the river and stumbled through a battlefield. Now, as her limbs solidified, she would rejoin the ranks of the fallen.

When she saw the first nose poke out from the trees, she laughed. Once she would have dropped it on the spot. But to her new eyes it seemed almost . . . timid as it brought forth its burden. She smiled and stretched out one stiffening finger, laughing again as she absorbed the purloined soul.