Eidolon Ave: The Second Feast
Urging her, assuring her through her tears, to continue.
To come home.
Reaching to the top of her shaved head, the first cut was made.
She wedged the knife deep, the blade angled just so.
To move too fast was disaster. Her hand needed to be steady, her grip patient, timing perfect. Anything less and the slender ribbon caught between thumb and blade would tear. And she’d have to begin again. Find another spot. Make another careful incision. Place another small slice right and perfect.
And then coax it free with a gentle pull. Steady, slow, sure. The strip separating in one long stream leaving behind an exposed, raw, weeping body.
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