Fighting Hawk cleared his throat, "Father I am here to submit myself for punishment in the killing of the Beavers." Gray Eagle nodded and looked solem.... "Big Cloud and I have been to every lodge in the village. We have talked to all of the warriors. They weren't happy about the women and children being killed, but could see that young pups grow up to be wild dogs too. After talking to all of the village, it is decided that you were the only warrior that did what had to be done, and that they. Considered a delicacy and an aphrodisiac, the lust squid was worth some pretty pennies.The way they were caught was unconventional. You would take a woman, willing or not, and tie her to a line. Give her a water breathing potion. And tied to a weight, drop her into a suspected breeding pool. The squids required a womb in which to deposit their eggs, and they liked nothing better than a human.Since she could remember this position belonged to her mother. Every year during breeding season her. My ribs were another thing completely, every time I took a breath itwas very painful, that's why I decided to use a slip to bed to minimizecontact. Again that night I cried and that allowed me to blow somesteam, I was here and tomorrow I would need to wake early and refreshedif I didn't want another beating.At five in the morning, the alarm clock rang, I realized my face stillhurt, but the pain was receding, my ribs felt almost fine and I sighedof relief that nothing was indeed broken.I. But what if... I start to learn how tomanage my own anxieties? It may not be fair to you to be my keeper."He let go of my hand and put his head down, lost in thought. "It's notlost on me that we might go our separate ways when we graduate. So I'd belying if I said I hadn't been thinking a little about that too." He wipeda tear away from his eye. "I'm worried a break is really a break-up." What? No," I said. Crap. This isn't how I saw this conversation going. Ihave to abort this, I'm not Mr..