hold onto 16 as long as you can

Venom was already well aware of the discoveries that Hattori was making. She was confident in herself and her ability and had long known that she was a cut above the rest of her siblings. The young Empress reveled in the words she managed to pull from his lips as she quietly watched as he divided their fish that the here and gone again eagle had left for them. Her interest remained with Hattori even as the eagle’s wing beats fluttered by her ear. Hattori used his claws with precision and was polite even as he consumed the smaller bit of fish.

”Has anyone smoked fish for you?” She asked him quietly, her eyes lingering on his handsome features before turning down to her own dinner. She mirrored his grace as she skinned the filet and separated the delicate flakes of fish flesh.