Eke sat down outside.

He sat on a rock holding his head.

Both rykers were right. What he had done was reckless, stupid even.

He might not be a fragile child anymore but he was still a terminally ill person.

Everything spun but he was doing his best to stay upright.

Eke stood. He wasnt sure wether to burst in or not.

Probably better he didnt...

Still, he knocked.

"Anyone dead in there?" he was so tired.

He wanted a nap.

He stood there holding the jacket.

The other ryker had told him to hide. That couldnt be a good sign.

Normally hed be stubborn and stay where he was, but he didnt have the energy to argue.

He made the trek back to the cave and hunkered down, using the jacket as a pillow.

Didnt take long for him to pass out asleep.

Eke sat up and looked at him. Why was he standing? If he was tired he could have at least sat down.

He got up and slowly moved ryker to the jacket pillow. Ryker was a lot heavier than he expected, but he managed not to drop ryker.

Now would be a good time to go hunting. So, thats what he did.

He caught several fish, though they were quite small. He needed to fish a big one. Thats when he spotted something large, dark.

It took a while of being still, and a short wrestle with the huge thing. When he brought it to the shore he couldnt believe it. This black fish was massive, slightly longer than him and definately wider than he. He sat there looking at the dead impaled fish blinking in shock. He was strong enough not only catch but kill this thing?

Well it didnt matter. He dragged the massive fish and his other catcheed back to the cave. He sat outside and started to cut up the massive fish. He wasnt very good but he managed to get enough food for a month and two large fish steaks for them now.

After he was finished packing up the food, he began to start a fire to cook with.

He looked over. "Dinner is almost ready."

He offered a smiled. "You were heavy. wasnt easy to move you"

He pulled the fish steak off and put it on a plate in rykers bag and handed it over to him with a fork.

"We have quite of bit of reserve food too" he sounded like he was finally planning things out.

"Next time be careful okay?"

"I took a nap and ate some sugar before i went hunting. Im fine"

He stoked the small campfire.

"You should have at least sat down. standing while sleeping is bad for your back and legs"

He took a large bite from his food.

"I know how to deal with my limits"

"Blood was taken, not one of my organs" he chuckled.

"How did things go anyways?" he looked over eating.

"anything else we should do?"

He nodded. "Then we can move towards the capital."

He stretched.

"I wonder what i havent been told..." he lay back.

"Whats waiting for me in the hall of records..."

"Shoulda seen the thing. nearly six foot long id guess." he looked over sitting up.

He pointed to what was left of the carcass.

"I was pretty shocked i caught it"

"The thing was bigger than me" he rolled his eyes.

"i know i harp on that a lot...i...i just got tired of being treated like i was gonna break." he shook his head.

"Not an easy thing to just move on from"