Jakub might be the littlest of his siblings, but the force with which he thrust past @Mae and @Nicodem and whichever adult looking after them much belied his size.
It was a hunger that went beyond the belly. His mother, the nucleus of their world, gone.
Gone, and with her, sustenance and security and—
Darkness. He rejected it now, casting off the hazy memories of her black pelt as he entered the light. His stomach gurgled; the paltry victuals offered him had been no substitute for mother's milk.
Desire was his engine, stubby legs a faltering chariot.
He tired after a few toddling steps, panting, and sat back hard on his hindquarters. He did not cry or wail but instead growled, a deep, menacing sound in his tiny chest to match the rumbling of his gut.
Hungry. And scorned.
It was a hunger that went beyond the belly. His mother, the nucleus of their world, gone.
Gone, and with her, sustenance and security and—
Darkness. He rejected it now, casting off the hazy memories of her black pelt as he entered the light. His stomach gurgled; the paltry victuals offered him had been no substitute for mother's milk.
Desire was his engine, stubby legs a faltering chariot.
He tired after a few toddling steps, panting, and sat back hard on his hindquarters. He did not cry or wail but instead growled, a deep, menacing sound in his tiny chest to match the rumbling of his gut.
Hungry. And scorned.
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