"And you didn't see who it was," Snow states, knowing full well that to be the case. She had immediately followed Bodycount out into the dawn when he had woken her and was standing barefoot on the barren , rocky ground, having not bothered to throw her boots back on. She had listened intently as he related his dream, and got caught up in the possibility he had described in the land. She liked the sound of the grass and even imagined the old building that sat in the center of the quarry lined with wild flowers.
Her optimism turned to concern when he described the field of bodies planted just beneath the surface, and how the lush grass had sprouted and grown full and healthy on the nutrients they released into the earth. And when he told her of the bodies returning to flesh, and the pack being among the dead, a deep frown darkened her expression.
"A bad omen to be sure. It's hard to interpret it any other way, even when viewed in the best possible light. At first I was hopeful, and even a vision of our flesh providing the nourishment that makes improvement of the land possible isn't necessarily bad. It could have meant that our toils will make our territory healthy once again. But it strikes me that the tenor of the dream was not hopeful, and so I doubt that is the correct reading."
"I am particularly concerned by the laughing thing that felled you from behind. It speaks to a hidden enemy who waits to strike, or perhaps even a betrayal by someone we know or will know but would not guess to be an enemy. It makes me question our decision to come to this city when you add it on top of the sickness that is the Shadow of this city, the Pure just across the river, and the strange behavior of the neighbors."
Snow frowns even more deeply, and Bodycount can see that she regrets having verbalized that final comment. She walks forward, looking out across the quarry towards the city. Then she sighs and squats down, picking absentmindedly at the earth.
"Is that how you see it?" she asks quietly. "What do you think?" She doesn't look at Bodycount when she asks.