Verm

Verm. “Vermin!” Scatter. A breaking of bottles. The fat traveler sees a rat. “Scram, vermin, scram!” A threatoffire. Verm. Vermin. Little Vermin. Vermling. Iamthelittlerat. I am more.

The forest. I am alone. Hunger-gnawing-consuming-fire. No pack. A lone rat. Aloneratisnothing. Stumble. Face-dirt. Whiskers burn. Whiskers matted. Blood? Hunger. I must consume it consumes me. A lone rat. Aloneratisnothing. Crawl. Fallen. Face-dirt. Something is here.

A bear.

He has my hunger. Aloneratisnothing. He has my hung…. I can feel his intent. Movement-thought-action flowing through me. I can feel his thought-before-action. Who-he-is. I hunger He is HUNGER. He shall be mine. He is Hunger I am his command. I am impulse I am drive I am his tyrant. He is Hunger. I am Impetus.

A fat traveler he is bald-pathetic. His mate. The pups are weak-easy-pickings-foul-fragility. Smells of travel sweat-piss-lust-hunger-hope. HUNGER. I AM IMPETUS I shall not be scattered like vermin we strike. Sweat-piss-shit-fear-blood-screams. I SHALL EAT THEIR FACES.

A lone rat is nothing. I am not a lone rat I AM IMPETUS. Hunger is by my side I do not hunger we feast on the vermin-scatterers. HAVE YOU RIDDEN A BEAR INTO BATTLE my spear tastes weak blood. Hunger hunger HUNGER we feast.

Hunger is mine. Others come my decree strength leads willing follow. Ragged wolf gnashing teeth snake dripping venom hawk from above riding on my spear. Aloneratisnothing I AM NO MERE LONE RAT. My pack is vast my pack is death.

A fire a camp new scents mystery these travelers are not weak. My Hunger is stayed I wait. Adventures. She-of-the-knives-she-of-the-quick-hands proposes adventures. We accept I shall not be scattered I AM NO MERE LONE RAT.

They shall know my name I am no mere lone rat there shall be tales. A verm a Vermling more-than-rat the ferocity of battle. They shall know my name THEY SHALL KNOW MY NAME and we shall feast on their bodies.  I AM IMPETUS.