A Snake's Life by Kenneth Arant

Author:Kenneth Arant [Arant, Kenneth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Shadow Alley Press
Published: 2020-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

"THERE IT IS!" SOLON yelled from his place atop my head—a place he had seemingly taken a liking to since we left the city. Anytime he was free, he would climb on my head and just talk with me. Hali would also join him up there some nights... said it made her feel safe to know that I would, in her words, "Eat anything that tried to harm us." And since their children were usually sleeping on my head, Lena and Fenris had taken the time to get "reacquainted” with one another, despite my frequent requests for them to at least wait until I had gone to sleep before they started humping. I was just as frequently ignored. So, lo and behold, Fenris and Lena came up to the children one day and said, "We're going to have a baby!" It took forever to get my "ears” to stop ringing after Hali began to celebrate by screaming while atop my head.

"There it is," I said in wonder at the sheer size of the thing. Its appearance hadn't changed at all since I'd last seen it. The dark blue skin, tribal tattoos, curved horns, long hair, but most importantly, the island that rested on its shoulders, held there only by the massive chains that wrapped around the entirety of the island's base. I looked back at the family and said, "We're here at last."

The kids started jumping around, while Fenris and Lena just stared at the creature. "H... how are we going to get up there!?” Lena stuttered.

“Climbing it is certainly out," Fenris said, then he looked at me. "Any ideas?"

I looked back at the creature, then at the island above, then at the point where the water began to cover his calves. I nodded and said, "We dig our way to the top."

Fenris, Lena, and the kids just stared at me in confusion, then Fenris asked, "And... how do we do that, when we don't have any tools?"

I tilted my head to one side, then smiled to show off my teeth. "Of course, we do. I have teeth, you have claws and teeth. What more could we need?" Fenris looked back at the giant, then sighed and looked at Lena. "The things I do for you and the kids..."

She smiled at him, then patted him on the shoulder. "And we really appreciate it, don't we, kids?"

They nodded and yelled, "Love you, dad!"

Fenris looked between Lena and the kids, then back at the giant, before finally saying, "Oh well, might as well get us started, snake."

I nodded, then swam ahead of the ship and over to the giant's leg where I started to dig out a path.

"Well, I'm certainly not going to go hungry anytime soon."

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