Jellicle cats

Sedna carefully watched the way he angled his knife down the cougars stomach, noting the way the skin lifted and pulled itself down on the blade with the angle, making sure the knife stayed clear of the cavity that contained what would be the tasty bits of a deer. She wasn’t sure how she would feel about eating cougar... Maybe if she was starving.

She adjusted her grip on the knife to slip it into the pockets they had created around the cougars feet, allowing gravity and the pull of the still attached skin to part a seam down each leg, taking particular care as she got closer to the seam Magnus had created. She thought she could see how the skin would peel off, like taking the husk off a seed pod. It was all fascinating.

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