Oooooo Oren's pissed.

... and now, what was Sprigg's burden will now be Rask's. It takes a hunter to know a hunter.

Hemlock is going to seem as though she's trying to take credit for what Rask mostly accomplished here, but, I think for people who are (justifiably) inclined to look at Hemlock in a bad light, it may be prudent to point out that what really seems to be happening here is that Hemlock is not accounting for Rask's subdual of Yarrow, but, instead, focusing in on, overvaluing, and heroizing her murder OF Yarrow, and whatever part in her mind Sprig played in allowing that to happen.

It is ENTIRELY possible that Hemlock looks at Rask's attempt to reason with Yarrow as proof that predators are going to try to stick together, which she may see as a threat, and which may be the twisted logic she uses to justify trying scare Rask away, and to subsequently attack him. I think it's safe to say, either way, that she's sinking deeper into this pit she's in, and whether she ends up staying there, or claws her way out, it's gonna be a painful, and most likely violent process on the way to it's conclusion.

With a name like Hemlock, you know she's gonna be a bad bun. But whatcha gonna do?

She's poisonous, both to herself and anyone who gets close to her.

yeah Rask didn't help at all huh? Facts > Feelings

Preach it muh bro

Dissapointef dad figure has arrived...Oren blocks the way LOL

She is very stabby today. :(

i see your point, heh

I wonder how long Oren has been there or if he and those behind him just arrived. Oo.

And that rabbit behind Oren has an interesting expression. Oo.

Oren moves slowly because of his limp, so it's possible that he or some of the others have been there a while.

Yup.

And I had a non-existent, like zero chance of it happening, thought last page on what could've happened this page. Wanna hear it. Oo.

Why not?

So in this page while Hemlock is stammering with I-I, Rask would simply step forward and kiss her for no other reason if to throw her even more off her game. But that'd end with him getting speared through the chest.

I thought about mentioning this in the previous page but I couldn't make up my mind.

A romance that was doomed to fail~

Yup.

Didn't expect her to finish the last page's sentence that way, but it makes sense. I think she's permanently broken; what happened to her, and what she had to do to avoid suffering, it broke her.

As I suspected, Hemlock is incapable of forgiving or helping Stone hollow beyond spilling more blood.

Said it before. Hemlock is rabid. There's nothing to do but put them quickly out of their misery before their sickness can spread.

I agree she definitely is as much apart of the problem as Yarrow was. Her rage and fear will be her downfall, we can only hope the Hollow isn't dragged down with her.

Sprig's observation of how Hemlock reacted when the near starved Rask arrived still holds true ( https://www.furaffinity.net/view/32392674/ and https://www.furaffinity.net/view/32458971/ ). For her blood is all that counts. I also still love the face Rask makes on that second page when he sees the kits just playing without fear and does not understand what he sees. Even for him as med-predator there was never a careless day.

Looking back at the first link you placed, after what we’ve read now…. Hemlock is now most certainly referring to herself as the hunter.

Her little bunny brain has snapped: I wonder if Oren has a clue as to how insane she now is?

So now we're going to learn all about sprig... now that he's dead...

You know, I'm not sure I like the culture that's forming in this hollow

I wonder perhaps if there will be a small redemption arch for Hemlock. Or maybe, she'll be exiled from the stone hollow or leave of her own choice. I still have high hopes for Hemlock because I don't want to see her become the very thing she hates and fears.

For Hemlock that would need to mean that her actions costs the life of one of the ones she wants to protect.
Sprigg sadly is on Rask as his attempt to keep his friend safe by sending him in the other direction was what killed the black sqirrel in the end. Being with Rask when they found Yarrow would have meant that Rask would have been more aware and could have defended him.
Luckily Craic's death would be on her. Because he was patrolling alone when as we saw when Rask arrived they always were in groups. So Hemlock would have sent out only solo patrols to keep the threat of a starved Marten under better observation.
Question is if she can even see that.

I predict still that she will be the reason for many deaths in the hollow

I think the first one that she is responsible for is Craig that Yarrow killed. He was alone when he was killed. And as we saw when Rask arrived they were always patrolling in groups.
But it seems Hemlock kept all the patrolers inside the Hollow to keep an eye on Rask and send out Craig alone

First point. Yeah. I think she will sooner or later cause great troubles. I cherish, that her character is not simply changing but I guess nothing good is coming out of that .

Huh. So she was just gonna . . . straight-up murder him.

"This... surprises you?"
"You're new here, aren't you?"
"Just getting up to speed?"

Take your pick, I've got more.

Haha! I mean . . . I guess there's a couple of things that kinda clicked for me. One, I didn't expect her to try and out and out murder him--that's new behaviour from her as opposed to before when she legitimately thought she was defending the hollow (which, I suppose she thinks she's legitimately doing, now); two, it gives me the impression that in earlier pages, Hemlock really was trying to skewer both Rask and his father; three, I guess I wasn't expecting her to argue to Oren's face, after an attempted murder, that not only was she right to try and kill Rask, but they should still kill him.

Like, this is how my thinking went after I read this page: If she's brazen enough to challenge Oren so openly, it gives me the impression that she might actually . . . break away. It depends on how deeply set in stone she is, but if Oren is intent on seeing Rask live and Hem is intent on seeing him die, and ne'er the twain shall meet, then there's a question raised in my mind as to how much of a dealbreaker this is. Not only can I see her leaving the hollow, I can actually see her purging the hollow of Oren and anybody who thinks like him. If she truly believes that she's absolutely right and that Oren is dead wrong, and that his thinking is flawed and that it's going to get people killed, I think I can see her trying to oust Oren and take control of the place for herself.

I suspect that you can replace oust with straight up murder, and you might be clued in on the plot. Is it the 1890's because this is getting telegraphed across the country.

DuDe YoU'rE so Ep1c

Yep

Dramatic entrance, Oren, but dang, if your timing was off by the tiniest bit you might have lost a few more fingers.

"The difference between you and me is, when you gazed into the abyss, you blinked."
- Batman to Owlman, Crisis on Two Earths.

And now Oren proves it as well.
Those are not the eyes of prey anymore. Those are those of a predator determined for his prey.

And Hemlock really is broken to the core. I would wager if Rask would protect the Sone Hollow with his own life and die by it she would gleefully stand over his corpse and mock him for having deserved it.

Oren is about to deliver some whoop-ass of his own!

Will you have a English version in Print?
I'm afraid I'm French-illiterate O_O;

Ahum, ahum.
Like I said before.

Yes? Hello. My name is Oren. I run this place. Hemlock, you're banished. Rask? Come.

Oren should kick her out from the stone hollow without the weapon, since she behaves like an psyhopate and worse then any predator ;-p

Every page is a blessing.
Thank you for making these!

Yep, fuck her. This story is really good, I haven't gotten this mad at a fictional character in a long time.