Totoka River You are exactly what I want: kinda cool and kinda not

i am sorry, i just love a good curve ball

accipitra slunk.

behind her bumbled anathema's reassuring touch - enough to briefly pull the babe from her collapse, but not enough to rally her.

hot, then cold. little shadows then big ones. accipitra's eyelids fluttered groggily. she was so hungry. so thirsty -- so feverish and uncomfortable!

a smack of something behind her jostled accipitra briefly back into the waking world. a branch with a thick cluster of berries tumbled well beyond her reach, but segment of berries had loosened, and it tumbled towards her in bright cheery bounces.

the child's eyes widened. blurry as it was, she recognized the shape as food and fell upon it while the adults bickered amongst themselves. she ate without chewing.

a pit lodged in her stomach, causing tiny hiccups to rack her frame.