Felltree Marsh The journey begins

With big eyes Chusi watched her mother explain. She was confused. How can a kid be tasty? Chusi wasn't tasty at all when she nibbled on her own paw at night when she couldn't sleep. And she didn't really behave, at least, not in mum's eyes. For a short amount of time she wondered if it was really true what her mother was saying, but she soon shook that thought away. Mother was mother, she wouldn't lie to a helpless, scared girl, right? Monster my friend, I eat monster. She responded, meaning that she would kill the monster before it could hurt her. That way she could be friends with the monster for a short while, which was all she wanted.

She listened to the two adults, confirming both that Zephyr wasn't a monster. Good, that was she didn't have to be scared of him. Still there lingered a question on the top of her tongue. Mum monster? She asked as her attention shifted to the dark form that was her mother. It wasn't an insult, she thought, just a question to be sure.