Crawl in a Hole and Die

He'd been sitting so still and had been so deep in thought that he hadn't even heard Tempo approach. Only when his brother bumped shoulders with him did the boy blink and focus on the real world once more. Beat actually cracked a smile at his brother's presence. You couldn't curse someone that was already cursed. Both boys strongly believed that they brought death to others.

When Tempo shared his idea, Beat nodded heartily. "Of course. We might as well." He cast his gaze back out over the small chunks of island that would lead to their new den. "The further we are away from everyone else, the better." No one else needs to die, is what he wanted to say. He just couldn't bring himself to say it aloud.

Standing, Beat gave his thin body a shake, almost falling over in the process. Maybe he should eat, simply so that he could avoid being blown away by a strong wind. "Shall we go?" Not waiting for an answer, the emaciated boy padded out into the water and made his way to the first of the little islands that would lead to the main one. Once they got there, they'd find a suitable place to dig.