Escaping the War

Food was microwave dinners in the cantina, mostly curries and wet-grains, like risotto. two hours later, we'd trudge back to our rooms and be archived. news-reel videos played in our rooms, updated as we travelled along.

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The Edge of Sapphire - Chapter 8 - Brighter Light, Deeper Darkness

Even the polished wooden boards of the floor seemed to have a redness to the grain, like the fossilied veins of a vast creature.

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A Bound-Up Star-Duck

They were fed raw grains like birdseed and taken outside infrequently to relieve themselves. but mostly they spent their time in the coop, either being milked or waiting to be milked.

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Much Needed Alterations

The back was packed full of sacks of oats and other grains, likely for some large animals. he followed her around to the driver side of the truck and she tossed her bag in before turning. "out of the way ya big oaf. you're blocking the road."

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The Easter Virus, Chapter 1

It's just when our fur gets rubbed against the grain like that it...tickles a little. would you scratch my back for me? i've got an itch i can't reach; it's been driving me crazy."

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Hybrid Wars Chapter 22

Things, some were blatantly meat dishes as he could see chunks and cuts of a verity of meats in them, some in sauces others just seasoned, then there were the vegetable dishes, again some on sauces and other cut and tossed like a salad, then there were grains like

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Reaper: Hades - Chapter 9

The same winds carried the sands into the air, each grain like a tiny dagger that ripped against rex's flesh. "silas!" he shouted but his voice was quickly drowned out by the roar of the building storm. _clang!

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Battle of the Folium Nebula Part 2

“we drink fermented grains like humans, of course. we also gather for celebrations, we have recreational centres on all our carriers, and of course there’s the fentula.” “the what?” he asked, the word vaguely familiar.

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Chasing the Unicorn - PART 4: HELL ABOVE, HELL BENEATH

He attempted, in fact, did his damnedest to focus on that, not the heaped bodies of families, children, and the weak and slow at the edges, piled up like grain... like _meat_. he tried... and he could not.

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Luna and Thief, Indigo League Special

It felt as though he could see the grains, like through a window; one that he couldn't reach. he panted from the exertion as even the walk forced a tax on him… a toll to hold him back.

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