Ouroboros Spine The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang

The man came to a surprising conclusion, offering the boy a meal. Kili did not trust this. What could Zane hope to gain from getting him something to eat? Being seen outside of his hovel by anyone else would likely put Kili at-risk to a greater extent; that could have been the man's true aim - or the false expectation that Kili would be more obedient after sharing food with him. The boy calculated various angles that Zane could have been employing within his manipulative schemes but in the end, he felt the hollow ache in his belly and it was far greater a motivator than his suspicion.

Zane led the way - and Kiliutak kept every facet of his attention on-alert for tricks.