Swiftcurrent Creek when the outside temperature rises

The emptiness of the stare from the boy made Arric anxious. The way his mother left couldn't have been good for his mental health and probably skewed his love map, but damn.

Arric raised a brow. Thats the thing with dead things. Maggots always find em first. Do you want help?

Arric poised to step forward, but was unsure how the boy would take him. Clearly he had wanted something with the dead thing. But what he had no idea.