Nighteyes removed the Stone-eye’s head, careful not to look directly at it. With one hoof, he reached into the pouch his mother prepared and sprinkled preservative powder over it. According to Snare, the effects of the gaze were temporary after death.
Even so, Nighteyes wasn’t going to test that claim.
Instead, he carefully scooped the head into a basket, giving him an even dozen.
Nighteyes strained to remember the next thing he was supposed to procure, though his memory was far from flawless. It was… uh… some sort of flower?
Maybe it was those blue flowers over there…