S snagged a child sized, blue winter coat from a thrift store. The woods, while safe from other people, were not ideal for food and shelter. Especially for a small child like Eri. The city streets at least provided easy access to clean drinking water from public fountains, clean clothes from laundromat and clothes lines, and vendors to steal food from.

Eri really liked dark blues and silver so the new clothes he got for her were in those colors. S didn't care so much and tended to wear whatever fit him. His side burned whenever he moved too much, so he relied a lot on his blasters to help him move around. He was feeling more and more nauseous as the days went on, and he could feel his body temperature constantly fluctuating. One second he's too hot, the other he's too cold. His own health wasn't what bothered him though.

Eri's health took a turn for the worse. She was getting more lethargic, she could barely talk without coughing harshly, and could barely keep food and water down. S couldn't risk them going back to the homeless shelter, the black haired Mister could still be there and he'd already proven to be untrustworthy. So S did what he could for her.

He moved them into a scarcely used construction site. He tried to keep her hydrated and fed, but hardly anything was staying in her stomach, if she felt like eating at all. Safe to say, he was terrified. He loved her too much to just let her die so horribly.

Blankets were easy to procure, as was medication and orange juice. The nearby convenience store had very unfortunate camera placement and small blasters to take what he needed was a simple enough task. Figuring out what she had was a different story.

She slept almost all day and night, barely awake to manage meager scraps of food. He tried to keep her entertained by making fun shapes out of his fire, but she wasn't getting any better. Until...

A red feather tickled his neck. S tried snatching it and burning it, but it wouldn't stop flying away from him. It kept bothering Eri and it pissed him off.

??? - "Why, hello there, who do we have here? A pair of baby birds, fallen from the nest?"

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