"C'n Ah please kill 'em?" Calamity huffed. Velvet frowned, not saying anything. Xenith rasped, "Yes... silently... and cut them open... the blood... smell..."

The hellhounds were hunting us, tracking us now clearly by scent. I understood what Xenith intended, as did Calamity. Velvet Remedy turned away, unwilling or unable to watch as we slew the two hellhounds. We made it quick, merciful. It was the least we could do, considering that we were about to defile their bodies.

"This ends any chance of diplomacy," Velvet moaned.

I hesitated, floating a jagged piece of sheet metal out of the debris and positioning it over the hellhound's body. I had to disembowel him. Spread his stink. Cover our path with the stench of his death. It was vile.

Fallout: Equestria Chapter 30