Blackfeather Woods How to save a life

Cicero watched Burke, waiting to see what would happen next. He was supposed to vomit, but somehow it didn't happen. Cicero looked back and forth between Meldresi and Burke, silently waiting for what was to come next. Surely, Burke would be okay again? The child waited until he would receive further instruction. His was the last of the instructions that Meldresi gave, and Cicero nodded at his mother. It was possibly the first time he was serious in his young life.

As instructed Cicero moved to Burke's legs. The best way to make them not-move seemed to be to lay down on them, and so Cicero flopped his body over Burke's front pair of legs, making sure most of his weight was on the legs so that Burke would have to keep them still.