CLOSED // w/ proudxblade
He barely understood the demand, request (the question?) and was in no condition to turn and reply and somehow make any sense out of whatever had happened. Bare wisps of thoughts ran through his head, raw and pained. Nero ignored them, ignored the confusion, the agony that was not only physical, the slow acceptance that yeah, he was going to die. And very soon too.
Still, he fought to speak. Working against the pain and the copious amount of blood pouring everywhere. “…w…what?” And automatically, eyes only half open and almost too glossed over to see, he lifted one hand, blood-stained and empty. “s… s…. see?” Human.
And whatever it was, the monster, the creature was warmer than anything around him; and he was dead already anyway, so Nero rested his palm against his chest and shuddered as a little wave of heat rushed through him. Well, so be it.
Credo raised his head with a growl, reaching out and taking hold of the sacrifice's wrist. He sniffed its palm, not daring to take another lick of the blood coating it.
"Human," he said with a nod, brow furrowing in confusion. If it was human, then why did it hurt to taste its blood?
He looked down at the hand now pressed against his chest and then bit down on his bottom lip. The contact was warm, and- no! He shook his head sharply, reaching out to slash apart the chains holding the bear trap to the ground. They rattled free and with a smooth movement, Credo hoisted the sacrifice up under his arm and flapped into the sky.