Broken Antler Fen pleisosaur

teya hung, sensitive and unguarded.
ibis deflated her swiftly.
girl? company?
but her legs followed numbly, equally numb jaws plucking at the nearest fish eye.
had she not been clear? perhaps not; perhaps she was the problem, her stumbling tongue. it seemed to twist over on itself as she glanced from the beautiful, exhausted features to the little details around them.
the scent of puppies and milk and fish crowded her. she focused upon ibis. "soon you not be alone. maia, mother too." what else was there to say?
she had pictured another image.
hurt swelled beneath her collarbone.