Jade Fern Grove sediments

Oh. Oh.

The girl didn't know...She would learn soon enough- whether it was because someone told her, or because she saw other animals doing the deed. Ameline was amused by the girl's naivety, and merely shrugged when she was called mean. "You called me fat firtht," She pointed out blithely. 

The girl smelled her own breath, and seemed to agree- it was off. And not just 'I ate a dirty, thirty day old squirrel' off. She tried to make a bargain, but naturally, Ameline was inclined to toy with the girl's sense of humour for a moment, and grinned. "Of courthe." She agreed, good-naturedly, before a glint of wickedness sparkled in her eyes. She leaned forward, as if to impart a secret, and whispered the answer in a singsong voice. 

"I ate them becauthe they wouldn't do what I athked them to do. Now they're in my belly, waiting to come out."