Wayfaring stranger

Truth be told, it really was too much of a trek to get back up the stairs to her room now that she was down. Sakana had come and looked at her sullenly, forced some more bitter medicine down her throat and left her with a meal. She had only moved from under her palm back towards the building a little. A fire had been set up to keep her warm and she had a few furs on hand if the night chill got to be too much, but it had also been so long since she had slept under the stars, she had no intention of returning to the top floor right now.

She stared into the flames, humming a little tune, contemplating just what her life had become.

“Speech.”