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Look at all this perfectly fine food just wandering about, you can overpower any one of them so easily!
Wally really wished that his spirits would just shut up about hunting down the humans he saw in his day to day life already.
Oh hush you, can't you see you're making him uncomfortable? Leave the boy be
Well aren't you the shining beacon of moral superiority. Weren't you doing the exact same thing just yesterday? Just because you're nicer about it doesn't change anything~
Well excuse me for trying to not make him feel like more of a monster!
He'll starve at this rate!
Actually, scratch that. Wally really wished his spirits would shut up in general.
The young Wendigo continued with his duty, diligently cleaning the floor of the room he was currently in. Apparently Joey had an outburst a few hours back, and while no one was hurt (thank the realms for small mercies) three and a half rooms had been completely wrecked before Henry managed to finally subdue him. Most of the debris had been cleared already but it was his job to finish the rest of the job.
Come on kid, you can't live off vamp candy, you need to actually eat something, anything! You have some stuff in the fridge set aside for you, just go get it
Wally bit even harder into his blood pop, stubbornly ignoring the stabbing pain in his gut and the trio in his head. He could do this, he could hold out another week if he needed to.
He refused to be like him.
Suddenly the door was slammed open, and the only siren in voice acting sauntered through. Susie Campbell was definitely a good representative of her race, from her strangely flowing reddish brown hair to the pretty seaglass colored feathers that covered the entirety of her arms and disappeared within her blouse. But as usual, the first thing his eyes were drawn to was the stark black runes tattooed onto her neck, not hidden beneath anything like he'd seen other sirens do.
"Hello Wally!" she chirped, just shy of actually singing the usual greeting. Ignoring the new stab in his gut he smiled widely at her, a mouthful of wickedly fangs that unnerved even some other monsters.
"Hi Susie, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be recording your new lines right now?"
"I'm on break silly~. A supernaturally blessed voice doesn't mean I can just stress it willy nilly. The studio's still working to fix some things Joey wrecked, so I thought I might have my break here. Don't worry, I brought you some to!" She opened the bag and dammit, he didn't even need to see what it was to start drooling.
Ha! Knew the seabird would come through for ya
Thank the fates she knows better than to listen to you
Hell yeah! It's chow time brat!
Wally ignored the relief coming off the voices to try and back away from Susie and the disgusting absolutely tempting bag, but only got backed into a corner by her.
"I don't know if you have a preference, but my mother always sends me some human from the last hunt. I think this one was in his thirty's and pretty healthy? You can tell me more after your done eating."
"I've told you before, I'm fine! I don't need your disgusting human flesh." Wally snarled at her dangerously (with his pitch black eyes and fangs, he'd make an intimidating figure to most. Not Susie though).
"Hey now, it's not my fault when idiots go into the deadzone. Besides, my mom makes the most amazing sandwiches~." She teasingly shook the bag in front of his face, but Wally only turned to face away.
Susie rolled her eyes at him, still holding out the paper bag. "Wally honey, I get that you have rightful concerns about your diet, but starving yourself will only end with a dead Wendigo. You can't change this about yourself you numbskull."
Wally stared at the bag, it really did smell good, and he'd seen Susie eating these enough to figure that her mother was an amazing cook.
But
He didn't want to become like that man, who hunted and murdered to satisfy his bloodlust instead of his hunger.
"Stop that!" Susie shrieked before stumbling to the ground when a bolt of black lightning struck her. Wally yelped and grabbed her before she could hit the floor. She moaned in pain, reaching up to slightly stroke the now glowing white runes.
"Ow, that wasn't a smart move."
"Don't do that Susie! The Eyes of the Queen always have you on their radar, they'll take your job away at the first sign of you causing trouble." Wally jumped as a sandwich was suddenly shoved into his mouth and before he knew it and could stop, he'd already devoured it and was halfway done with a second one. He ignored the way the voices sighed deeply in relief as the gnawing hunger finally subsided.
"Now was that so bad? I really wish you'd stop making it come to this."
"Why can't you just leave me to my horrible life choices?" Wally mumbled around his second sandwich.
"Because silly," Susie slowly reached out and booped his nose "it's a big sister's job to keep her little brother from being too big of a numbskull."
"We're not even related, I haven't even met the rest of your family."
"Oh they already approve. They're expecting me to drag you to meet them, by force if necessary." She reached into the bag again and retrieved another two sandwiches, holding one out and munching on the other one already.
After some hesitation, Wally accepted the offered sandwich. Susie smiled brilliantly.
The two of them ate in comfortable silence.