❝ Two! ❞ Without an ounce of hesitation, she's leading Carrion right away towards her collection. It was meant to be a guest room, the largest besides the master, that she's started using for her hobbies. Elouise couldn't bear keeping any of her specimens outside or in storage, and she already knew her clients might not be overly appreciative of her work being in her office as they grieve ( save the several more attractive specimens she's kept, like her butterflies, moths, and dragonflies. ). It was a cozy room, though, and remained spacious even with the several shelves and cabinets filled with her taxidermy. There's one cushioned sofa she leads them to, insisting he sits if he needs. Just as requested, Elouise brings him right to the two owls she'd worked on.
❝ Anabetha and Peter. They were donated to me by the grandson of a conservationist that raised them. ❞ A pair of beautiful barn owls, pristine and groomed, leaned into one another on a shared perch. She had them gently reposed to match the very first photo their keeper had shown her, back when he was buying the lots for his grave many, many years before his death. She remembered showing that man her collection just as she showed Carrion now, bonding over his work with wildlife and her work with their afterlife when she was so lucky to be donated one. Every single one shown as much love and care as she did the humans she buried. A hand is waved forward, encouraging them to look closer. ❝ Their feathers are very soft, if you'd like to feel them. ❞