[ Not even that. Coronabeth did the asking, and even that meant nothing. When she unsheathes her knife and thrusts it between two plates of the crab's hard shell, it's not for the Empire, or for a necromancer, or for a friend. It's to demonstrate she can.
Also, the squelching sound that the dying crab makes isn't entirely unappealing. It's a little funny, actually. ]
There you go. A dying living thing. Quick, you better gulp up all its energy before someone else takes it. You're going to need it.
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[ Not even that. Coronabeth did the asking, and even that meant nothing. When she unsheathes her knife and thrusts it between two plates of the crab's hard shell, it's not for the Empire, or for a necromancer, or for a friend. It's to demonstrate she can.
Also, the squelching sound that the dying crab makes isn't entirely unappealing. It's a little funny, actually. ]
There you go. A dying living thing. Quick, you better gulp up all its energy before someone else takes it. You're going to need it.