I called everyone to a halt outside of the village, and everyone looked on edge, and it was my fault. Seeing the people just pour it in the water without a care in the world was rotten to the core.

'Collect your thoughts and get your emotions together. Acting like this is not helping you or them. I agree, this is wrong, and we will figure out what to do about it, but you need to do that with a level head. Deep breath,' Queeny told me, and I listened, breathing in deeply.

After letting it out, I did that twice more and got my shit together. I needed to fix the problem; getting angry helped no one.

"Sorry, I am just worked up. Talli, do you think I could get some food? I think that I need to eat, and I will Bee able to think better," I asked, but Sig put his hand up, and I nodded for him to speak.

"Let's go see my most excellent friend, Miasma. She will let you use her hut to eat!"

I gave Sig a look with my face screwed up, and he put his hands up in defense while also laughing.

"No, No, she doesn't do that there. They have special stands, or it burns the grass away, and things won't grow. Miasma is a spotless person, as are all the Skunk Folk," Sig explained with a smile, and I felt like an asshole.

It was hard not to make assumptions, but I would need to break the habit and trust that my people had my best interests at heart.

"Then, yes, please. Lead the way; I am interested in meeting your friend," I said, letting them lead us.

This was a wrench in my plan, but it didn't put them completely faultless. Even if the Skunk Folk needed to do that, so they didn't hurt the water, there had to be another way.

Regardless, I needed to eat first, and then I would ask many questions to this Miasma. I needed to find out what was going on and if there was some way that I could offer some kind of alternative to dumping the waste.

I was surprised to find that we were flying the west of the village, and the hut we were going to was outside of it. I guess having faulty spray made her an outcast, and Sig made her out to Bee pretty excellent, so she might be just the person I wanted to talk to.

We sat down in front of the lone little hut, but as we did, a cute Skunk Folk pushed aside the hanging grass door and stepped out. She had small breasts, but she had a cute little bottom and adorable little ears on the top of her head.

"Not again, Sig! Didn't you learn your lesson last time," the girl, Miasma, asked as we all sat down, but then she stopped when she got a good look at him. "What happened to you? Wait, what are you two flying."

"No, we are fine, Mias, but my excellent Queen needs a place to eat in privately," Sig said with a smile.

That just made Miasma eyeball each of us more, but she did wave us girls inside, but she stayed out with the boys.

"Make yourself comfortable, my… umm, Queen?" She said with a question in her voice.

"No need to call me Queen, but after I am done feeding, I will explain why I am here. In the meantime, Tag and Sig can explain to you what has happened. They will also explain the other things that have been going on. They will also go over why I am here to keep my talk shorter," I explained to the girls before heading inside through the grass curtain.

Miasma was pretty understanding, and she must have noticed the stress in my voice because she made no complaints.

Inside, the place was immaculate with a single table and chair covered in paper, but I wasn't too concerned about them. My stomach was my main priority right now.

I turned to find Riza and the other girls coming inside, and Talli came over to me. She took my hand and led me over to the bed.

"Umm, I know that you like it when Aunty Messi does this, but I will try to do just as good as she does," Talli said with determination.

Riza had already squatted down, and Pixie had just slurped down her jelly. I heard the jelly being slurped beside me, and I took a deep breath in and let it out, turning to the open mouth of Talli.

It wasn't as bad as I thought, but it was more of a simple act of feeding, and nothing like when Messia did it, but that was good. I didn't want the experience to be the same because what we had was more than just feeding.

That's what I told myself, but I didn't know. Messia might just care for me deeply, and I took advantage of those feelings and perverting them for my own satisfaction. That thought gave me pause, but in the end, I had to assume that the look she gave me meant more than just the simple act of caring.

"Sorry, I know that Messia likes to be the only one to feed you, but we should make it back, and she can do it then," Talli said, turning away from me, but I reached out with my arms, and I pulled her into a warm embrace.

I had been lost in my own thought, and I hadn't been paying attention. I must have given Talli the impression that I did not enjoy being fed by her, but that wasn't the case. True, I would prefer that Messia did it, but Talli had done a great job in her stead.

"Thank you very much for that; I feel a lot better now. Let's go get the others, and then we can get to the bottom of this.