“Loyalty is its own compensation of course, but your work for the DJD has been appreciated and I’ve been known to reward those who do good work for me.” Actually, Dirge, you’re the only minion of his right now that reaches past his knee, so, that’s the real scale of perks he’s operating on.

Crouching down at the geardeer’s side, Tarn thrusts his hand into the hole already started by the fox, widening it with a sickening crunch by nature of his larger arm. The deer twitches a bit.

"You'll have to work quickly since it’s fading fast," Tarn says, conversationally, as he gives a yank, and then arm covered in gore, pulls out the animal's small spark casing.