She does it again and again until he hits the ice and watches, with no small amount of pleasure, as his body slips away, gliding down into that great yawning mouth of the world. What does it mean that she does not cry or collapse? That she feels sated instead of remorseful? She does not crave killing, never seeks it, but it tends to find her. Briar taught her to always take life when it threatened hers.

