An incredible aroma stirs me from my sleep. I wince as I lean up, feeling my back complain. "What's that?"
Jesus waves to me. Something is sizzling inside a pan he has sitting on the fire. "Good morning, friends!"
Of course he's a morning person. Eve rises beside me and rubs her eyes. "Food. Want."
"You sound like VarnLiqn," I tell her.
"Food want!" says VarnLiqn.
Jesus jabs a stick into a plump sausage in his pan and hands it to the racoon, who devours it hungrily. He passes out more to the rest of us. "Dig in."
I take a few bites. It's delicious but has a strange texture. "Where did you get sausage?"
Eve says something with her mouth full, but I can't make it out.
Jesus smiles. "It's better with some eggs, but it will do in a pinch. Karakasa-Obake was kind enough to share with us. He's able to regrow that long tongue of his as he pleases. Taking a piece doesn't hurt him a bit.
Karakasa-Obake's canopy twists in a grin. His eye blinks a few times. I can see his tongue is missing its tip. My stomach tumbles and I nearly throw up, but I manage to keep my meal down.
Eve isn't so lucky. She runs out of the cave and hurls somewhere out of sight.
"What's the problem?" says Jesus, taking a bite of tongue for himself. "Too much salt?"
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The Secret Sea - (Chaptered Version)
FantasyNovella / short story - fantasy / adventure THIS VERSION HAS CHAPTERS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. Otherwise, there's no difference. After Tim's apartment burns to the ground, his best friend and woman he secretly loves, Eve, invites him to stay behind her...
