Phantom Hollow Nutcase

The small sense of happiness she took in simply being able to enjoy clean water felt diminished by the remark Judas made about food, and she sighed quietly as it settled in. "No, it doesn't," Mitanni answered, just a little disheartened. While she didn't feel the hunger pains strongly yet, she knew they were bound to strike eventually, and she wasn't looking forward to it at all. 

While Judas asked after her adjusting to their new circumstances, the lithe female bought herself a little thinking time by lowering her head to take a quick drink. Licking her lips once as she finished, she answered, "As best as I can." She paused for a second then added, "The bugs creeped me out more than they should have. There were so many of them." 

Despite feeling immensely glad that they were gone, Mitanni swished her foreleg through the water again and strode a step deeper into the stream. "I'd never seen anything like that before."