Avilion (Mythago Wood 7)
“He had approached it cautiously, and on foot, aware of the crying of men’s voices and the screech and confrontation of carrion birds. He stripped clothing and armour from a fallen man, and all the time he was attacked by birds; they did not want him there. The field was theirs.
He came back to where Arthur had made a temporary enclosure, in the woods away from the lake, where his dying body had been dragged by what he called ‘the kiss that stole my death’.
‘They’ve gone,’ Bydavere reported, and... Arthur accepted that without expression.
‘I wonder who won the day.’ ‘Not the field of carcasses that are left. There are no gatherers that I could see, no women, no sons; only crows.’ ‘We fought,’ Emereth reflected, ‘in a strange place. Morthdred must feel the same, if he has survived.’ Arthur said nothing for a moment, then agreed. ‘All of my life had led to that hill, that final skirmish. I don’t suppose it matters where it happened. It was meant to be the end, and so it happened in a world of its own.MoreLess
He came back to where Arthur had made a temporary enclosure, in the woods away from the lake, where his dying body had been dragged by what he called ‘the kiss that stole my death’.
‘They’ve gone,’ Bydavere reported, and... Arthur accepted that without expression.
‘I wonder who won the day.’ ‘Not the field of carcasses that are left. There are no gatherers that I could see, no women, no sons; only crows.’ ‘We fought,’ Emereth reflected, ‘in a strange place. Morthdred must feel the same, if he has survived.’ Arthur said nothing for a moment, then agreed. ‘All of my life had led to that hill, that final skirmish. I don’t suppose it matters where it happened. It was meant to be the end, and so it happened in a world of its own.MoreLess
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