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She lifted her eyebrows and smirked. ”Interesting,” she mused. ”We’ll have to keep an eye out for him, then.”

Eshe was pleased to hear that Arric was willing to eat. ”It’ll only be a bite or two,” she promised. ”I just need to make sure you don’t throw up all the medicine.” She took a step back then, and glanced over her shoulder, towards the borders. ”I had a mouse when I found you—let me go and get that for you.” She trusted he wouldn’t go anywhere. ]b]”Be right back.”[/b]

She rushed off to retrieve the morsel, and, thankfully, it was still there. She left the quail behind, figuring that that’d be too much for him.

”Here you go,” she panted, dropping the mouse in front of him once she returned. ”Eat up.”