Chimera Fields burn

Kaiilani let out some wails as she entered the world. Though she couldn't see or hear much, she could feel that something had changed. The warmness of the womb no longer enveloped her and the coldness of the outside hit her with a force her new mind couldn't quite process.

She was cold and hungry and tried to snuggle close to her mother, wiggling toward her as she searched for a source of food.