is this the real life?

He’d forgotten about the bird. It streaked out of the sky and quickly brought an end to the chase. Well, Jupiter thought to himself as he stepped closer and observed the bird’s handiwork, at least he wouldn’t be roasting any eyeballs. “Yes, thanks, Tanken.”

Dutifully he stepped closer as Alfrun beckoned him. He watched as she pulled the rabbit apart and let the innards roll out, and he leaned in to see if it glowed on the inside too. They did! How odd. He would have liked to look closer except Alfrun whirled on him suddenly which immediately earned her all of his nervous attention. This was it, the jumping off point for nut boiling and chanting around fire or whatever. Time to go.

His eyes just about crossed as they tried to follow the heart thrust into his face suddenly. Oh, eat it? Well that was easy. It certainly beat dancing in the light of the moon. “Yes dear…” he said with only the faintest trace of sarcasm as he took the heart and ate it. Only once he was done chewing did he think to ask, “strong enough for what?”