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Chapter I
"My body changed to my new thirst, I had conquered my flesh and transformed its taste, but I never could again drink clean water. I am now a monster, a cross between fish and human, the water I drink is unlimited, but food is no more. I see a raft, those aboard, I will make them last," a female voice whispers within range of a sleeping young man. A page flips while Sora opens his eyes, turning to see a light blond-haired woman with a book in her hands. "Chapter 3: Hunger With Horns."
"Who are you?" the sleeper asks, looking around to see he's in a hotel room that looks as if a tornado had come through it. "How did I get here?"
The light blond-haired woman looks away from her book, smiling pleasantly at Sora. "Oh, you're awake. Thank goodness you're not dead."
"Why would I be dead?"
"You were laying on the ground, not moving at all. I thought about letting the crows eat you, but I don't think I could let my mind live with that. I told myself let's make sure he's not just resting."
"Um, thanks?"
The heroine closes her book and tucks it under her arm. She walks over to check her acquaintance's pulse and exhales slowly to find that he's doing ok. "Your pulse is steady, you're lucky to be alive and not crow food."
"That's great to hear," Sora replies, feeling a bit uneasy at the responses he's been getting so far. To ease off the tension he spots the title of the book and decides to bring it up in hopes of ending the bad air. "Orel Myshton's 'Climatic Glory,' it sounded like an interesting book."
The light blond-haired woman looks away, going red in the face. "You heard me reading out loud?"
"Yeah, I did. Do you like to read out loud?"
"Not all the time, but with this epic poem, it suits it best."
"Why?"
"Well, it gives more chills while reading it."
"What's it about?"
The heroine hands the book over to her acquaintance. "It's a dark epic poem about a guy that washes up on an island and drives himself mad, believing he's the god of the place."
"I see," replies Sora. His face twists as he reads small sections of the work because of how horrific some of the lines are and quickly hands the book back. "How can you read that stuff?"
"Its kind of hard to, but after reading it a few times, it sort of grows on you," says the blond-haired woman. She sets the book down and holds out a hand. "My name's Nema, and it's nice to meet you…"
"Sora."
"Sora, it's nice to meet you Sora."
Creak, creak; footsteps from outside the room make the pair turn their heads to see an old man in a bell boy outfit looking at them from the hall, a small flashlight is in his hand. "Nema, you can chat with your boyfriend later, your needed at once."
The blond-haired woman sighs, standing up and looks to Sora. "I'm sorry, but I have some business to attend to. Please rest up a bit more, I don't want you missing tonight's dinner."
"You're inviting me to dinner?" the acquaintance says, smiling at the thought of being with his rescuer. "That's awfully…"
"No, that's not what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
The heroine turns to her servant and nods. "Vek, would you mind telling him what's on the menu tonight while I got talk to 'them' about whatever little thing they're fussing about now?"
"Of course my dear," the old bell boy replies. He waits till his boss is gone and looks to the room owner, chuckling. "The dinner is fried catfish," Vek says, snorting. "Eat well, Sora."
Nema's servant closes the room door, click, it closes for now. Creak, Creak; the wood for the hallway whines again as its walker trails off to who knows where. The room owner looks around. He lays on his back to look up at the ceiling that has small cracks and tears in it. Bang, a loud noise from upstairs causes some of the paint to peel off and fall onto his face like beautiful snow in the winter. Sora sits up, grumbling and stares at the ceiling.
"Keep it down!" the room owner screams, then he lies down and groans as he feels a headache. "A good meal should help me out, but first," he says, closing his eyes and exhales slowly, "I need a bit more sleep before anything else."