No More Rats. [Solo]

Eight buried into the snow with his hands even as they got inflammed and turned red as they became frost bitten. He made it past the layers of snow to the cool ground, and he used his knife to dig into the glazed ground. Alexander made a small pit for every single one of his 75 mice. They were all lifeless and the frost on their fur and whiteness of their skin made them seem more like ice sculptures than real animals. He covered the mice over again and made a small prayer for their sage passage into the afterlife. Alexander covered them up, without leaving a marker grave for them. He didn't wanted to be reminded of his own failure and neglect.

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