Talz. I liked my new name. There weren't a million other people named Talz. I suddenly understood the Shadow Walkers. They live to feel good. It feels good to have a unique name. They get more confident every step they take. I knew I was gonnal like it here. In their camp deep in the woods. I've always wanted to be a somebody, and here, among the Shadow Walkers, I am. A wave of exaustion ran over me. I lay down on my bed still wearing my dirty clothes. I fell asleep instantly.
The next morning I woke up late. the sun was high in the sky. "What's for breakfast?" I asked as I walked into the gathering place. I saw everyone was eating.
"You slept through breakfast," Fausto told me. "This is lunch."
"It's squirrel!" said Osk
"Squirrel!" I exclaimed "They're just cute, furry critters."
"Maybe to you." Said Elize "But to us it's food." I sat down on a log and was handed a chunk of meat. I took a small nibble from it... I prepared to taste something horrible but suprisingly, it tasted like chicken. I ate some more trying not to think about the fact that I was eating squirrel.
"Do you like it?" asked Fausto looking at my face, trying to read my expression.
"So-So." I told him.
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