Emberwood You crawled out of the sea.

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Sleep was hard to come by now that she was awake. Whatever natural rhythm Ibis had before had been shattered by those many days of slumber; she could not shake the hunger now, could not see through her body's need for calories over everything.

When @Reiko visited her she would bring flowers or small morsels to ease Ibis back in to the swing of things. Too much too fast meant Ibis would be sick, and certain foods were outright foul to her senses even in her starved state - fish, for instance, curdled her stomach.

Dark circles formed around her eyes with each hour that passed. She watched the snow fall, or the songbirds flit about in the trees, and listened for the passing of beasts as they patrolled. Sometimes Ibis would pick up the scent of @Awol or @Kavik; more and more she came to notice the absence of particular wolves. Bhediya had not come to see her. Pygmalion and his sister Lolita were absent too, or too busy to visit.

With a deep sigh Ibis tucked her thinned body in to a tighter circle. Her head nested against the dirt and she tried to curl her tail over her nose but, as willowy as she has become, her little tail is more like a coarse brush than any sort of comfort. She huffs around it, uncoils, adjusts, and finally gives up the chase for sleep.