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Killia is guarding over Rel, who is still unconscious. This gives her time to explore her queer body. From the neck down, ligaments, joints and muscles look elvish enough for the educated guess that once there was skin over them. But instead of skin, a thin viscous film now covers Rel's entire body. Several protruding bone particles are covering parts of the her biceps, triceps, forearms and quads without impeding the constriction of the muscles. Her genitals don't have a clitoris but there are excretory outlets, suggesting that Rel needs sustenance after all. Her ribcage is more sturdy and has less ribs. Ironically now there is a huge hole that revealed several organs. Lungs, heart, diaphragm, stomach and uterus are clearly visible, all pulsating rhythmically to a very fast heartbeat. The hole was now smaller than yesterday, Killia decides to leave it untreated, not to stifle the healing process of the foreign body. In her right hand, Rel has a small knife that seems imbibed in her flesh. The handle looks organic, as if the knife is part of her body.
For a minute Rel wakes up and Killia talks to her, gently caressing the side of her face. Rel jerks her head in the opposite direction, there is a frown on her face. <span class="mu-i">Maybe she doesn't appreciate being used as a meat shield</span> Killia thinks. The wounded one loses consciousness again.
Another day passes.
Killia has been eating the corpse of the slain creature, the embryos turned out to be quite delicious, even though raw <span class="mu-i">[Cannibal]</span>. <span class="mu-i">All food is welcomed, especially after fasting for several days</span> Killia thinks. She drains some of its blood before the body turns completely carrion and serves it in Rel's mouth, in the brief moments of lucidity that she has. For the past couple days Killia has been feeling a presence outside, in the main corridor, but whenever she goes to check - there is no one there. She comes back to the miniature tunnel, disappointed.
Rel opens her blind eyes, this time for longer, she feels Killia is close. The silence persists for some time.
<span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-i">Do you have a name?</span></span> Killia asks.
Long silence.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">My kin... my kin don't have that...</span></span> Rel is almost whispering, the damage on her lungs hasn't healed yet. Killia's efforts haven't gone unnoticed and Rel repays with a response. Soon she looses consciousness again.
<span class="mu-b"><span class="mu-i">Rel it is then...</span></span>
Third day passes.
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