【生肉搬运】Shrike伯劳鸟 第二章(23)
George really didn’t see the point of it. Whether under marble graves or by the side of some random road, bodies still rotted the same.
He glanced at Sapnap, but the other god was, for once, absolutely still, only his hair shifting slightly with the warm wind.
“You look like you’re thinking,” said George. “Thinking actual thoughts.” He gasped dramatically. “I never thought I’d see the day.”
“Shut up,” Sapnap grumbled, the usual edge gone from his voice. “You’re actually so annoying, did you know that?”
George grinned, but they quickly fell back into the quiet.
Then, quietly, George asked, “Would you bury me, if we were mortals? Would you mourn?”
Sapnap scoffed. “Definitely not.”
“Because I don’t think I’d mourn you,” George said, turning back to the carnage they’d left in their wake. “I mean, I’ve never really mourned anything, ever. I wouldn’t even know what that would feel like. Maybe one day, I’ll feel it, but I wouldn’t have a name for it, and it’ll pass under my notice.”
He glanced at Sapnap, but the other god was, for once, absolutely still, only his hair shifting slightly with the warm wind.
“You look like you’re thinking,” said George. “Thinking actual thoughts.” He gasped dramatically. “I never thought I’d see the day.”
“Shut up,” Sapnap grumbled, the usual edge gone from his voice. “You’re actually so annoying, did you know that?”
George grinned, but they quickly fell back into the quiet.
Then, quietly, George asked, “Would you bury me, if we were mortals? Would you mourn?”
Sapnap scoffed. “Definitely not.”
“Because I don’t think I’d mourn you,” George said, turning back to the carnage they’d left in their wake. “I mean, I’ve never really mourned anything, ever. I wouldn’t even know what that would feel like. Maybe one day, I’ll feel it, but I wouldn’t have a name for it, and it’ll pass under my notice.”