"Zozi, what the five is the matter with you?!" Rilah screamed, while I was in no state to even venture an answer. Frankly, it was a miracle that I was even still conscious. "That was so— Stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid! You could have gotten yourself killed!"
She curled over my head, and silently sobbed as the saline precipitate of her tears dribbled over her cheeks, and peppered across my brow, and the crown of my head.
I didn't have anything to say, except, "...I didn't know."
Dazed and discombobulated, I numbly slid the remaining few feet to the ground, below. I let Rilah down, off of my shoulders, and shuddered ecstatically at surviving the descent without the cloud of razor skinned rodents slicing me to ribbons, in the process.
"I was just thinking, that, well, you said you were thirsty, and... I didn't have any water to offer you. I thought the fruit might be the next best thing."
