Prayers for the damned

the noises and commotion of the newborns was undeniably attention grabbing. She'd honestly not seen any so close up or even been allowed near any as of yet. They were tiny things. Hard to believe that one day they may grow to become behemoths like hannibal. The one with the long tail was most like nephthys though. The snap of the mistress to her master brought all attention back to her. She didn't fear her but a wariness was there. She had been ordered to tell hannibal if another that was of lesser rank than himself touched her. Something told her even nephthys would know better than to test the limits of his anger.

Her ears folded anyways, taking it as a wordless way for the woman to tell her eyes off. She dared not shrink back though she did show signs of submission subtly. Her equating of hannibal to a spider couldn't be any closer to the truth. He was just as threatening and his lies were like a web, catching those that fell for his sickly sweet promises. Her eyes had caught sight of the felid in the shadows but like her he was a slave to those stronger than himself.

Pity. That was nothing new to the slave. She'd been pitied by a few before but they dared not voice it. The babe of skin and bones shook her head wordlessly, she shouldn't be pitied, not by someone like nephthys. She knew envy as well. She envied the freedom Nephthys had. She could leave any time and no one could tell her what to do.

Then the next order came as she leaned down and stripped the next piece of flesh from the fish. Her eyes looked up to nephthys, wary and cautious. She was giving an order that was contradictory to Hannibal's. Should she trust it though? She weighed the options as she brought another peice up to nephthys. As soon as it was snapped away she bent her ears and chanced it. "Its not so bad, at least I have shelter." ahe gave a small smile trying her best to convince the other woman it wasnt bad. Only it fell again as she thought. She never knew when her next beating was coming or if she'd be allowed to eat that day. Best not to tell the woman though.