HoodedHuntress
Songster
(Yes. She's probably going to fall out of bed or something.) Xyla was thirsty, and with no water in her hut, she grimaced to get up on her feet, doing so even though it pained her. With determination, she hobbled to the small pond near her house, realizing that bending over would inflame her midsection again. She commanded a small vine to bring the water up to her, and drank from the leaf of the plant, repeating the process until her thirst was finally quenched.(She is gonna have an awful hard time with this bedrest thing, I suspect.)
Neo rushed back to the border. Hopefully he could skin the panther and get it solution before anyone noticed. The forest blurred by and he pumped his wings, nose tipped into the wind. He swerved around the trunks, lost in thought when a thump came from above. The angel wheeled around. The patrol.
"There you are, prince!" One of them sneered. She tossed a rock into the air and caught it. She crunched up her tiny nose. "Where were you?"
Neo glared at her. "I don't have to tell you anything." He said.
She laughed, "Oh! Being brave today are we?"
He hovered there, silent. I don't have to put up with this. He turned away.
"Hey! I asked you a question." She snapped as he flew off, but a leathery hand laid on her shoulder.
"That's enough, Afia." He growled, and watched him go. "He'll get what's coming to him."
Neo scanned the ground for a boarder tree. Stupid Afia. Stupid parrot. Stupid me. He shook his head. How did one even go about skinning a cat? And did she want to keep the skull, too? Oh, he hoped not.