Cedar Sweep Healing and Breaking, small divide

he felt stunned into silence by her words. that he should pick his head up, have no shame. it was good advice. kind advice. but it did not fit him. like a coat three sizes too big. especially when his own body did not fit him again yet, sagging from time as a loner.

he could not even fake confidence!

but he did not comment, kept his lips sealed and merely listened to her knowledge. horrified and intrigued all at once. that the leaves were the life force and the seeds might kill one with ease.

i could learn to...fight with poison. if you find it distasteful? it was a sudden idea. bold and new, but he grasped to it like a needy child. the urge to rebuild himself and make things knew.

he padded after her with ease, eyes examining the leaves.