Alea
would you like to play a game?
Alea giggles at Felix's protest. "Deer with wings are weird. I've never seen one before!"
She peers into his bucket to find the fish wriggling around. Considering for a moment, she says, "Fish are yummy." Alea remembers this fact from her life before; barn owls aren't very well-equipped to catch fish. "But I don't know how to cook. And I ate a mouse before I came. Maybe we should throw it back."
The smaller fish in her and Ronin's bucket fascinates her, though, and she reaches into the bucket to try to catch it, but it slips out of her fingers back into the water. Pouting, Alea grabs Felix's bucket and dumps it -- and the larger fish -- back into the Drop.
She peers into his bucket to find the fish wriggling around. Considering for a moment, she says, "Fish are yummy." Alea remembers this fact from her life before; barn owls aren't very well-equipped to catch fish. "But I don't know how to cook. And I ate a mouse before I came. Maybe we should throw it back."
The smaller fish in her and Ronin's bucket fascinates her, though, and she reaches into the bucket to try to catch it, but it slips out of her fingers back into the water. Pouting, Alea grabs Felix's bucket and dumps it -- and the larger fish -- back into the Drop.
"Forgotten Teddy Bear" by Walt Stoneburner is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
