While Jamie left Drago to whatever he was ploting, she whent back inside
the Library. Her stomach was growling loudly. She hadn't eaten in two
days. Her bag of chips was long gone, and she had finished off the box
of raisens that had been hiding in one of her Mini-packs outter pockets.
Bai Tsa, with prodding, had given her water when her bottle had run out.
and she had refilled it again while they had been at the Cherry grove.
Still, she needed food.
For the 20th time, she checked all the pockets, there was nothing but lint,
and the way her hunger kept knawing at her, she would've eaten it.
She heard foot steps behind her, she could tell by the scraping that it was
Shendu. It was a bit unsettling that she was now so familiar with the Demons
hat she knew who they were just by their footfalls. But she had other things
on her mind.
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Shendu could smell the hunger in Jamie. He knew she hadn't eaten in two
days, and he'd been wondering how long it would be before she said anything
Jamies Stomach growled loudly, confirming what he knew.
"You're not fooling anyone, Jamie," he hissed.
Jamie didn't even try to pretend she didn't know what he was talking about.
"I'm fine."
"You are being foolish" Shendu stated, placing his clawed hands on his hips.
"Yeah well, it's not exactly like I can call out for Dominos.." Jamie replied,
standing up," there's no food here."
Shendu rolled his eyes in annoyance, " Don't be stupid. Of course there's food
here...just not food your use to..." he added with a smirk.
Jamies stomach growled again, and she knew she wouldn't be able to go
much longer without eating something.
Shendu knew he won when she clutched her aching stomach.
"Come with me," he said heading towards the exit.
Jamie followed him. "At this point, I'm was willing to eat anything..."
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Shendu truley enjoyed the look of revulsion when he broke the roundish,
yellowy rock in half, and the twenty or so greensh grubs fell out in a pile of
whitish goo.
"What are those things?" she asked grimancing. Shendu picked one of the
slimey creatures up above his head.
"Food."
He opened his mouth and droped the squirming grub into it. His jaws snapped
shut. Greenish blood dripped from his lips. Jamie gagged and covered her
mouth to keep from vomiting. Shendu swallowed and licked his lips of the
juices, "Delicious..."
"That's disgusting! You guys eat worms?!"
Even in her half-starved state, he appetite had decreased significantly.
"You said you were willing to eat anything. THIS is your only option, so
unless you would prefer to starve to death..."
He picked up another of the Grubs and held it out to her. Jamie, with
great disgust, reached out and took it. It was cold, slimey, and wriggled
in her grasp. Jamie faught back a gag and raised it to her lips.
"Dad, now you're just being cruel," Drago said coming from nowhere and
snatching the grub away from her. Jamie could not hide her look of relief
as her did this. Shendu however, looked annoyed.
"She requires food, Drago."
"Then why not give her something accualy edible?" Drago said dropping the
grub back into the slimey pile it came from.
"And just how do you suggest I do that?" Shendu asked
"Oh, I dunno, why don't put those talismans of yours to good use and turn
these bugs into something a bit less gross looking?"
It was more statement than question.
Jamie looked at Shendu with suprise, "You can do that?"
Shendu muttered under his breath incoherently.
Drago looked over at Jamie with a smug smile on his face, delighted to be an
irritant to his father.
"Fine," Shendu said crossing his arms, he looked at Jamie with a look of slight
resentment, "What would you like to eat?"
Jamie smiled this is more like it...
"Chicken."