Wabi
Wabi
“Too much, that is how much.
I probably should not have fed him. But he looked so starved that it just seemed like the right thing to do. It was made especially clear when, as I was preening his fur with my beak (now, why did I do that?), he looked up at me and whimpered something in a soft little voice.
Because of that strange gift of understanding that my great-grandmother told me she and I shared, I knew what his whimpers meant.
Malsumsis hungry. Want to eat.
I turned my head around to look b...ack at the dead mojid. The wolf pup—Malsumsis, as he called himself—turned his body to follow my gaze. The mojid’s smell had been sickeningly sweet before being struck by Segunk’s spray. Malsumsis wrinkled up his nose. Now it was totally disgusting. Not good food at all. I wondered if even the turkey buzzards that were now circling overhead would eat it.
Malsumsis turned back to me. His eyes looked up into mine and he whined again.
Hungry.
Then he leaned against me with his shoulder.
He almost knocked me over.MoreLess
I probably should not have fed him. But he looked so starved that it just seemed like the right thing to do. It was made especially clear when, as I was preening his fur with my beak (now, why did I do that?), he looked up at me and whimpered something in a soft little voice.
Because of that strange gift of understanding that my great-grandmother told me she and I shared, I knew what his whimpers meant.
Malsumsis hungry. Want to eat.
I turned my head around to look b...ack at the dead mojid. The wolf pup—Malsumsis, as he called himself—turned his body to follow my gaze. The mojid’s smell had been sickeningly sweet before being struck by Segunk’s spray. Malsumsis wrinkled up his nose. Now it was totally disgusting. Not good food at all. I wondered if even the turkey buzzards that were now circling overhead would eat it.
Malsumsis turned back to me. His eyes looked up into mine and he whined again.
Hungry.
Then he leaned against me with his shoulder.
He almost knocked me over.MoreLess
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