Heron Lake Plateau its easy to get hungry when you ain't got shit to lose.

She had just felled a duck and brought it to the den for Niamh —

but when she arrived, it was Screech who was awake.  She dropped the bird and gasped in fright, shock, surprise.. relief.  She looked to Niamh and then back at the boy, for this must have just happened.  Right?  She wouldn't have kept Screech waking up a secret, too?  Certainly not!

Hey, she said quietly, nosing the duck towards the den next to the singular apple she had left, the flowers.  Do you want me to go get Raven?  Do you want me to fuck off?  Go be useful?  Leave you alone?