His gaze lingered just a little longer on the man, the way he hadn't let it when they first met.
The Medicine Seller was intimately familiar with death and disease, but that didn't make it any less painful to watch Arthur pack up to go meet his end.
He gave Edelweiss one last parting pet to her muzzle.
"Look after him, please," he whispered to the horse, before pressing on up the hill.
They both had work to do, after all. The world spun on.
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His gaze lingered just a little longer on the man, the way he hadn't let it when they first met.
The Medicine Seller was intimately familiar with death and disease, but that didn't make it any less painful to watch Arthur pack up to go meet his end.
He gave Edelweiss one last parting pet to her muzzle.
"Look after him, please," he whispered to the horse, before pressing on up the hill.
They both had work to do, after all. The world spun on.