Stone Circle caleb meyer lived alone in them hollering pines

was he okay?

honest answer posed in the form of a question: is a bug that has a cinderblock dropped on it okay?

as piper leaned over to give him a kiss, riley recognized the motion as an advance -- albeit sluggishly. his mother usually did so when it was time to bathe, and he was not a willing baths-man. his neck scrunched right up into his spine as he turtled instinctively, his ears flat and groggy, frog-like eyes flat with malcontent: "mmnyah," the reptilian child objected, his head practically inside his shoulders as he lost balance and then toppled over with little toe-beans outstretched in defiance.