give me all your poison

Although it hadn't taken Chimera very long to settle her den and find her, Belladonna wasn't sure she was ready to leave the patch of mushrooms that called so strongly to her. She could hear his voice behind her, though at first she didn't move and continued to devour the fungi one after another. It took her a few moments to finally find the will power to break away from the patch and turn in the direction of Chimera. The hunger still called to her, but as she coughed and hacked some spores from her lungs, it gave her at least some what of a minute to get away.

She found him a moment later on her porch, waiting and so she approached but stopped some distance away. She vague remembered him mentioning bringing her things, comfortable things, to have while she recovered. Things her mother failed to provide her with here as well as in Ashen. She didn't know why she was surprised. Although these thoughts meant little to her now and all that filled the void between her ears now was the infection.

"Speech."