Pāhonoa te oro

…wet breathing… low growl building… “Hungry… Too loud… noise… hurts… You… you move… fast… Bang… bang… fire… pain… …snarl… Why… you run… We come… all come… Friends… more… more coming… You can’t… stop all… …choking hiss… Smell you… warm… alive… Inside… beating… Give… give it… Give it to us… …gunshot impact… body jerks… Ahhh—! Still here… still moving… You break us… we keep… coming… …others growling behind… louder… Hear them…? They’re close… No escape… no more running… …voice drops,