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eirwen falls into step beside her, and gjalla allows it without ceremony. their paws break the thin crust of snow in tandem as they descend toward the lake. at the question, one ear angles back.
there are.a pause. her gaze moves across the frozen expanse ahead, though the answer comes readily enough.
a valkyrja from my home is here—there is another more recently anointed. a man and a young girl.disparate pieces, perhaps, but pieces all the same. gjalla gathered them with the same instinct that has brought her here: find what is worth keeping, and give it somewhere to stand.
you will meet them soon enough.the lake's edge approaches. gjalla stops beside a patch where the ice has already been weakened by the movement beneath, claws scraping softly against the frozen surface.
without further ceremony, gjalla lowers herself and begins working at the ice—one push of her paws, a second, and the ice breaks.
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