Verdigris Ravine And live my life alone forever now

The days passed, and Candle watched for any change within herself. She was unsure what to look for, in truth; all of this was so new, so unknown to her.

When she began to sicken, she did not know what to make of it. In the mornings all her meals came back up within moments, and in the evenings she found herself too dizzied to hunt. Instinct told her that this was expected. But another part of her was alarmed by it.

Candle often slept near @Zoug; if not him, @Sari. On this morning she woke and parted from her sleeping companion in quite a rush, frantic to put distance between them before the inevitable. Only moments later she was emptying the scant contents of her stomach into the sands; she hadn't even taken a meal yet. But the sickness was there all the same. Was this what it meant to have children?