In his dreams, he was covered in slithers and they were starting to swallow and devour him. Such dark dreams were ill omens and he feared the worst when he checked Keene, but he found the other boy was in much the same state as the previous day. Feeling less gloomy, he set himself to the tasks that were becoming his morning routine: filling the container, chewing roots for Keene to eat, and then eating himself. He checked the residence to ensure it was still his own. On the far side of the house, the queen, mostly bones and skin now, still draped her nest. Tall’s arrival startled the hatchlings out of the nest and they alternately chattered and hissed at him. From the nest, he moved through the tall weed-grass to the place the bitter-sweet grew. He gathered some of the plant’s silvery green leaves and moved on. Soon, with his circuit complete, Tall was back where he started. He put the bitter-sweet in his pack, checked Keene, who seemed less pale, before carefully turning the stinging to renew his circle of protection.
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