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K’eel quickly ushered me back under the forest canopy as the sky darkened. There was a flash and a clap of thunder, followed by the rush of water from above. Under the trees, the air grew damp, but we were mostly protected from the onslaught. Water ran off the trees into trenches that drained into a larger stream that passed through the forest.Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 16”

The Vrr’ak’l had dispersed. Tr’b’l had vanished into the canopy. K’eel and W’oo’woo still sat on each side of me, shielding me with their warm feathers. W’oo’woo was clucking quietly to himself, scratching at the ground with his beak from time to time. K’eel was tracing patterns in the dust with the worn tip of an old, shed feather. There was chatter among other Vrr’ak’l from distant places in the trees, but so far as I could see, we were alone.Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 15”

I stared at T’r’bl for a long time. She didn’t move, other than the occasional blink in that curious way that birds blink. I broke her stare and scanned the other Vrr’a’kl. They too stared back at me, many of them fluttering their feathers. W’oo’woo was among them, quivering quietly beside me. K’eel had her head down, her beak resting upon the ground. She was the only one not looking at me.

I focused back on T’r’bl. “I-.” I didn’t know what to say. I needed to say something. “I don’t know what I can do to help.”Continue reading “Stink Bug – Chapter 14”