"Common" | "Fratava" | "Tukant"
Anibesa heard Merevaika say that the insides of the monkey weren’t bad, and Anibesa felt her mood perk up slightly. If it was normal inside then surely they must have been healthy when they died. But that thought made her mood drop. If they were healthy then what had caused them to die!
She watched as the monkeys guts spilt out and the smell flooded her senses, causing her to inwardly cringe slightly as she tried to ignore it and keep looking at it, hoping that something would give her a clue as to what was wrong with the animals.
Ani heard Issie mention that it looked like a sickness was spreading, and Anibesa turned her nose up at that idea. If a disease was spreading, could it affect them? Could they get sick from being near those animals, or would it stay on the animals and not move to them?
Thinking of those things, she glanced around with a frown. Surely there would be some sign that a disease was spreading. She was certain that the corpses wouldn’t look quite as pristine as they did!
Then came Xen’s words as he stated that scavengers weren’t picky eaters, and that if the flies weren’t touching the dead, then maybe they shouldn’t. Anibesa almost instantly took a step back away from the dead animals on the table, then turned her head towards Xen, having heard the slight hissing at when he said ‘something’, though quickly she shook that from her thoughts and turned her attention back to what was going on as Xen suggested that they should destroy the dead.
He addressed her question about whether the dead would scare away any of the other creatures that hunters relied on and she nodded in response, before hearing him state his unwillingness to travel into the jungle, and Anibesa nodded at that too.
”The jungle is too dangerous. Anybody that goes into the jungle can bring the bodies out themselves.” she said out loud, more for her own benefit that to converse with the others.
Merevaika’s suggestion of throwing the carcasses on a fire seemed like a good one, though where they could start the first was a decision they’d have to make.
”Maybe we should get the corpses nearest to the centre of the settlement first? Where most people travel?” she suggested, not entirely sure of where would be best to start. ”Where would be best for a fire? We should keep it out of the way of others shouldn’t we? In case it is a disease. Maybe past Treasure Point or up past the Ranchos?” she suggested, unsure of whether she was suggesting anything useful.
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