Something Smells Real Bad

"Ashia?"

Messia was putting a hand to my face and smiling down at me from over the top of me as I opened my eyes. She had such a beautiful face, and I leaned up to kiss her, but then noticed that there were three things missing, and I panicked.

"Don't worry, they are right beside you and waiting to be fed, but don't look at them! I don't know how you slept through the mewing, but they are content for the moment, and Hilda said to come and wake you; we are almost to the Troll Village," Messia said to me and then leaned down for a kiss, and I pulled her down on me as she did.

As soon as Messia broke away from me, I asked, "Do we have some time to have some fun before then?".

"No, we can later, but if you want to be going down with the others, you should be going down and getting ready. Everyone is one edge about you leaving the ship," Messia said as she passed me the bowl of meat from before that did not smell good, but my opinion didn't matter.