vigil. [cold crescent!]

[Samael]

It goes without saying, of course, that Keisha is there with her packsister. Whether she likes it or not, her destiny is seemingly entwined with Cold Crescent at this point. When it is wounded, so is she. When it lies empty, she feels the hollow gnawing inside of her, like something she needs to (fix) do. And when it was successfully defended by those twelve (of which she was one), she felt herself bulwarked some.

She may never consider herself truly part of Cold Crescent, and she has been officially associated with Forgotten Questions since she arrived, but she will never let it fall short or lay in ruins. Because its ruination is, in some strange way, her own.

And so she comes with Phoebe, without the need to be asked. Certainly without the need to be persuaded. And she works alongside her, throws her all into tending to the Crescent's spiritual needs. Because it had to be done. Because that Niemöller poem, the one that was in the forefront of her mind during the judgment of the elders...it always echoes strongly in her mind. And just because she is not of the Cold Crescent, does not mean she will not stand up for them.

And then there were five (and a sixth). And perhaps soon there would be more.