{"sf1_id":1522173,"sf2_id":"5nzQqBOm","title":"Patient Soup (Otherwise Untitled)","author":"Moriar","words":117,"posted_at":"2019-12-12T23:28:00.000Z","tags":["Fox","Kobold","Microfiction","soup"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1522173-patient-soup-otherwise-untitled","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/5nzQqBOm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/87/77/8777370a-a2c2-4b8e-9574-7a49173699e6","description":"#169 of Short Stories\n\nA kobold regards her present and future.","content":"~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The kobold settled into her seat at the dining table, a pot of soup steaming at the center of it. She regarded the table's contents; beyond the pot and ladel were merely her bowl and spoon.  \n~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The wider house creaked softly, as wind and night fell around it.  \n~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; She sighed softly, dinner's preparations without complication and consensus.  \n~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; The soup was hot.  \n~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; In the calm solitude, decisions were quick and effort was light. The kobold picked up her spoon to regard the kink in the handle of it.  \n~\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; As she ladled a serving into her bowl, the kobold mumbled plans softly to herself for what to meal to celebrate the fox's return.  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Short Stories","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1522170-a-paying-gig-otherwise-untitled.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1522175-canine-planning-otherwise-untitled.json"}}