Wheeling Gull Isle drink and shout

Nuh, Caracal refuted eloquently.

He meant to tell her he hadn’t found the fruit until after they’d lost half their children… but not Ava. Thank God they hadn’t lost Ava too. But Heda gave him a dressing down that shocked him into a silent sort of stupor. She said so much, he couldn’t even process all of it.

After shouting until his ears rang, his wife turned and ran away. Caracal reached for her, confused and hurt by the words that had managed to land, but when he pushed onto his feet, he found he couldn’t chase after her.

Something very strange happened to him then. He began crying and laughing hysterically all at once. Then he threw up, which made him sober up, just enough for Heda’s words to sink like knives into his mutilated heart.

Caracal went back toward his stash, intending to eat enough fruit to take away all the pain.

Then a word stopped him: “Daddy?”

Dinah?