Like many parents here, their mood was turning from raw grief to fury as they waited for news.
The raw grief that flooded from Bennek was real and potent; it was shocking, in its own way.
This one did nothing but speak, in that voice which relentlessly stripped the protections she had patched over raw and stinging grief.
Jeffrey glanced back at the house, thinking of the oppressive atmosphere, the raw grief the parents were experiencing now.
And there he dropped to his knees at last, and in a voice of rawest grief, cried aloud, "Oh, my king!"
Often they were the by-products of desperate, raw grief, which was far more painful than the unintended insult.
For the first time she met his eyes and flinched away from the raw grief she read in them.
The 13-year-old known as Noamik used her blog to voice not just anger but also raw grief.
He tried to run, but Andropov was fueled by raw grief and righteous fury despite his weakened condition.
Talia briefly closed her eyes on his raw grief, then took up the task of easing it.