Heron Lake Plateau feeling my way through the darkness

Hearing that pitiful noise come from the cocky boy she had breifly had the pleasure of knowing kind of ripped her heart apart in a way she didn't really understand.  Her ears splayed and she let out a soft, pleading whine... but what for, she did not know.

She was so used to taking care of Nevouku by now that the first thing she did was curl up alongside the broken boy.  She grabbed the duck carcass and quietly, she began to defeather it, discarding the plumes on the ground next to the others.  She grabbed the meat between her teeth and tore it into delicate shreds, then placed them into a neat pile.

Are you hungry?  She knew somewhere inside that he could not answer her, so she grabbed the meat and brought it to his lips and prayed in silence.