Finding food

I lay sprawled on the forest floor, catching my breath after that absolutely humiliating encounter with the monster bunny.

My stomach growled so loudly it echoed through the otherwise eerie silence of the Death Forest. It was like my body was reminding me of just how bad my day was going.

"Great," I muttered, rolling over and pushing myself to my feet. "Not only am I fighting off murderous fluffballs, but I'm also starving to death. What else could possibly go wrong?"

I regretted the words the moment they left my mouth. Saying things like that in a cursed place like this was just asking for trouble. I glanced nervously around, half-expecting another monster to leap out from the shadows.

When nothing happened, I sighed and set off in search of food. The thought of going even one more hour without something edible was unbearable. Sure, Thalindra had left me high and dry in this forsaken forest, but even she couldn't stop me from finding a decent meal.