handful_ofdust | It Is Completed

And now the wall is up (unpainted as yet, but better than nothing), and Shadow is gone. It was quick, mercifully; he didn't know what was going on, just that he didn't like it. It wouldn't have occurred to him that we were trying to kill him, though--he died innocent, like all animals. And I really don't ever want to have to do that again, though I know I probably will.