[It feels like a lifetime of shuffling quietly around the tree and then waiting, frozen in place, for the creature to depart. There are long moments that she fears she's going to die, killed by a monster in a dark pit and her parents will never know her fate and she'll never see Vi again. But finally it leaves, and the only sounds are the creak of metal as the cages sway from the branches.
Caitlyn takes what feels like her first breath in minutes.]
I think it's gone, [she whispers.] We should leave before it returns. [As though Sevika hadn't been urging them to do that exact thing before the creature showed up.]
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Caitlyn takes what feels like her first breath in minutes.]
I think it's gone, [she whispers.] We should leave before it returns. [As though Sevika hadn't been urging them to do that exact thing before the creature showed up.]