take the heart you thought you had

*Mortis* · 08-24-2020, 04:55 PM

They hit sand, and they both released their hold. The dead fish flopped to the sand, and Mortis stared at it. He hadn’t really appreciated the size when he was helping her kill it. Nor when he prioritised getting it out of the water. Of course, he hadn’t appreciated the weight. that, plus his wings, had meant a lot of work to get to shore. He was already puffed. Going from his run with Hana, to the swim, to dragging this through the ocean.

He looked up into Hana’s grin, and the exhaustion evaporated. Instead, he glowed in response, his own grin a beam across his face. “Two, [i] easy.” he agreed with no hesitation. He had never caught anything so big in his life. He wondered if there was a record on what the biggest catch was. He wondered if Hana had just broken it.

“Yeah, me neither. I think it’s called lunch.” his grin turned impish and his tail wiggled behind him a few times as he pulled her leg. He had no idea what type of fish it was. He had still been learning the ropes on fishing himself.

“HA!” did you poison it? He asked, but grinned as her brazenly leaned over and took a bite. It was probably better he took the first sample anyway. That was if it wasn’t good eating, he would be the first to know. He bit into, tasted the flesh, and swallowed quickly, waiting to see if anything happened. When it hit his stomach without complaint he shrugged. “Tasty”

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