Die A Thousand Deaths
"siren would say drill and yoke were fools," the roach went on. "they thought i couldn't remember rules, that i couldn't understand them, but not her, no, she knew better," she shook her head.
Scorched Earth
Pangaea grabbed jackie's wrist with one hand as the roach's knitting needle pierced the panda's other arm, throwing jackie away with one hand then pulling off her own pierced skin with it. the roach gasped. pangaea removed all her skin.
Set In Stone
"like, if someone wrote a story about a roach, but it wasn't you," fran elaborated. "but, everyone would know it was me," the roach protested, "i'm the only roach there is." the jackal hadn't thought of that either. "who else is it going to be?"
The Hand You're Dealt
It did hurt the roach to see fran so crestfallen, but jackie just wished the jackal would've understood. "you can't want that." fran had been looking up to the roach for such a long time by then.
Dancing with Roaches: Chapter 1
Dylan's left ear flickered at the noise behind him. The jackal looked over his right shoulder and saw a cub standing over a broken toy. Dylan thought nothing of the mess, but the cub's mother did. The lioness pulled the boy, roughly, by his wrist and...
The Hand That Feeds You
"i'm sorry," the roach apologized.
The Mind Killer
The roach's body was thrown clear but, in its previous inertia, it'd stopped the jackal's trajectory short.
Crosswinds
"for well over a hundred years, kiwi," the roach reminded the bird. 'i'm not!' kiwi was speaking to byte, not to jackie that time, but the jackal heard that too.
Aurora: Chapter Three: The Preparations
Yes, so i made you an elixir--drained and blended protein from roaches sourced from the underground by yours truly combined with a few healing herbs and a dash of magic. not a miracle cure, but it should help you regain your strength.
Dead To Me
Fran had asked herself how weird it'd be for her to be on her own for a while when the roach would die as such.
Phone Home
At the time, the roach wondered why fran had seemed so affected by what had just happened.
Spaced Out
"you'll keep both in your field of vision when you get used to it," the roach hoped out loud. "you can just glance at it every five, ten seconds like this for now, though."