[gives her a small smile, then carefully carries the body into the elevator with her - at least this one is still soft and warm and feels more like a human than a thing, maybe that will make it easier for her]
...
[should it be strange that someone just died in his arms? perhaps, but she seems to be taking it in stride, too]
[besides he has seen much more violent deaths - but of course he can't tell any of the others about those; they wouldn't understand]
[still... the groaning of the wood as the trunk is severed from the root, the earth-shaking crash downwards, the breaking and snapping and splintering of branches, the revving of the saws as they get ready to dismember a being that was so old, so quiet, but always ready to listen...]
uhn
[gives her a small smile, then carefully carries the body into the elevator with her - at least this one is still soft and warm and feels more like a human than a thing, maybe that will make it easier for her]
...
[should it be strange that someone just died in his arms? perhaps, but she seems to be taking it in stride, too]
[besides he has seen much more violent deaths - but of course he can't tell any of the others about those; they wouldn't understand]
[still... the groaning of the wood as the trunk is severed from the root, the earth-shaking crash downwards, the breaking and snapping and splintering of branches, the revving of the saws as they get ready to dismember a being that was so old, so quiet, but always ready to listen...]
[frowns without noticing]