Rosewater Oasis Insomniac

Got bored and killed it. She says with an easy sort of nonchalance, and leaves him to make his verdict. Eat it, play with it, leave it...

There was a playful touch, one that tried to crack a smile, but his walls simply loomed too high. Picking the lock did very little, one needed a battering ram to get through.

Well, it seemed like she wasn't going anywhere in a rush; quite the opposite as she flopped down to the earth next to him.

Thank you. he caves to her insistence, a sandy paw reaching out to bring it closer to his chest. He would eat it, because he was not ungrateful enough to leave it and he was far too grown up to play with it. The meat tasted sweet on his tongue, like simpler times.

He pecked away at his food and summoned the courage to speak openly, curious of this woman he'd not seen before. Were you a part of akashingo's courts? He asks in a low voice, coyish ears perked. A question far deeper veiled beneath. Could others have survived?

Perhaps he was still naive. A boy who still didn't realize the true breadth of the world.