Blackfeather Woods Meat & Bone

A final tear dropped from his eye. Pietro still had that after cry look, wet eyes, slightly runny nose. He shot his sister a nasty look at her comment. Pietro looked up at his father with a confused and surprised look. How was he supposed to push it out with his tongue when it still hurt? He shot his sister a warning: Dont-you-touch-me-I-got-this look. He squinted his eyes and raised his tongue up to the splinter. Stupid plant. Plants are stupid. he thought. He obviously didn't know the full power of what herbs could do. He pushed on it and let out a tiny cry-squeak. He pulled his tongue away when it began to throb. The pain was fairly calm before his father instructed his to mess with it. "It hurts really bad!" he said loudly, and looked up at his father with big, sad eyes. He began to push on it again, and it finally popped out, leaving a visible hole where it was. The wound began to trickle blood after being disturbed. He looked at his dad with questioning eyes. What now pops?