It was just the two of them.  She was no longer stalking through the unknown.  There was no reason to keep silent.<br/><br/>"Fern - oh Shades - it - it put<em>eggs</em>in me," she hissed softly.  "I - I tried to get it out, but - it went too deep."<br/><br/>She flushed from the admission of what had happened, hastily wiping sticky fingers off on the close-trimmed grass.