[ @hyrded / dude, your writing is literally blowing me away. what. ]
the scene unfolded before her as if it were a film — the reaper bringing the dead back to life in a tongue unknown to mankind. this was her first. she tried not to rub her eyes and perhaps call it a figment of her imagination because she saw death revert time. despite being ages old, an odd chill ran down her spine. she stood her ground, wiping the edge of her lip with the back of her sleeve, sensing a stain of blood.
the mortals retreating figure represented her own fear when she had awoken into this new body — this vessel of hunger and evil. “food for another.” she muttered under her breath before turning to face the reaper. “you speak too poetic for death.” her tone was of calm, somewhere deeper she was on the edge. “if what you say of balance is true, you could say you have altered the timeline yourself? imagine his life to be that short but somehow you gave it to him back. doesn’t it mess up the system? what if i go kill him again?”