Phoenix Maplewood through the curtains of the waterfall.

It was easy to lose track of the time here enveloped in the swarmed strange lands. Silas trembled and did all he could to curl up and bury himself in the shelter of his family. Hearing his siblings despair, even over the awful buzzing, did nothing to help him and he willed all of it to just stop already.

Even when he felt like they couldn't take any more of this, that it had to be over soon, it just kept going. This was unlike everything he knew. Silas didn't understand why this was happening to them now or even what this was, besides just something really awful. He just wanted to go home..

He eventually mustered the courage thanks to his mother's nudge to actually look around at what was happening. Bugs covered everything. Himself included. He shivered his furs, trying to dislodge a few of them. Just awful.

Stop this stop this stop stooooooop was all he could think and feel in this moment.