Pointy Sticks

Kenway readily grinned when the old man introduced himself, "Ken," he offered in return, cut short in his introduction with a yelp when the purple girl stabbed him with her quills. His mum was kinda purple too, what was it with quillie purple girls and the stabbing? Huh?

Maybe they were related?

But no time to dwell on that, everyone else was removing their twigs and bits faster than he was and he didn't want to be left behind. Angling his jaws he tried to strip the length of the stick all at once and earned himself a splinter in his gum for his trouble. It was going to be fun explaining that one to Sakana later. Taking his time to finish up the rest of the task, he finally had a branch free of burdens. Maybe once his stick was sharp enough, he'd stab the other girl back.