It's morning when the seven leave the Spindrift empty. Chipper barks, sounding lonely, painful to human ears.
It doesn't take long to reach the spot. When they do shovels come out; the hole is dug.
It's time.
They don't want to go one by one, but they do, setting a three minute limit so they'll be gone before giants detect them.
One hundred eighty seconds isn't long enough for farewells, but they make do. Even Chipper has his turn; he licks the corpse's cheek. Everyone smiles, teary-eyed.
They're all family here.
Burying and leaving, there isn't a dry eye present.
