Awaiting their turn (part 6)

"...nnnnn... (...it was scary...) ...nnnn... (...the last thing that I remember was that something weird was happening with my body, and it really, really hurt...) ...nnnnn.... (...and then I woke up in a cage, in this body, I didn't know what to do...)"

"Now, now... It's alright, already. You are with Mary and everything will be fine."

Arion was sitting in Zombie's lap and had his head nested on the blue boy's shoulder – in that position he was also yelping pitifully, reporting everything that he could recall while Zombie was patting and caressing the fur on his back and sides to make him feel at ease.

"...I still can't believe that he can understand him better than I do..."

Mary made a sour expression, staring bitterly at the undead sitting on the ground between her and Cranberry, and playing with her tamed monster.