Deny Imp Again!

"IMP!" you snarl "NO!" you continue your **** on the Imp "I told you no before and I still mean no now! Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for everything you just did for me, between helping me get out of the abbey, to helping me on this journey, to getting some food for me to eat. But still, stop thinking with that thing of yours for once and just eat some food and get some rest!" you're fed up with the Imp now "All day long I've given you pleasure. Hour after hour, I can't even think about all the times you had some release today so please Imp, just please stop asking for once and just relax for the night. Just...STOP!" you yell.

"Imp no like sister right now." he mopes out "Sister was nice, now sister mean."

You exhale, slightly annoyed "Imp, listen..."

"No sister..." he turns around, looking defeated.

"Imp..." you try.

"No sister..." his wings begin to flap as his feet leave the ground.

"Where are you going?!" you ask, somewhat confused.

"Imp be back later..." he says as he flies high into the sky, out of your vision.

"Darn it..." you mutter under the breath "Maybe I shouldn't have been so mean to him..." you think.

You take down another two bananas from the batch before you decide you've had enough. At that point the sun will be down in another hour or so that you should probably work on the fire. You want to get that started up and going before it gets too late in the day.

Moving back over to that little teepee you built in the fire ring, with the bundle of Old Man's Beard in the middle with smaller sticks all around it, you get on your hands and knees and lean forward, bringing your mouth very close to the bundle so not only can you focus your hymn close to the tinder but also be able to breath oxygen into the fire when it starts up. Your hands move forward, almost as if you're now trying to cradle the teepee but instead you're about to chant a hymn of the Burning Rose to hopefully draw in some light to catch the fungi ablaze.

"Goddess of the Burning Rose..." you begin, softly whispering out "I need your assistance, guide me with your knowledge..." you continue "By the burning light inside the Goddess, show the path, show the way, help your follower with the night, help her light the way..." a bright white light starts to glow between your hands "Goddess of the Burning Rose, help me with my sight, Goddess of the Burning Rose, help me with the night..." the white light is slowly getting brighter and brighter between your hands.

"Goddess of the Burning Rose, here I bow to you, Goddess of the Burning Rose, cast a fire anew." suddenly a flash of white light emits from your hands and when it fades, the tinder bundle is on fire. "Yes!" you smile out, still bent over as you start to blow air into the fire, giving it the oxygen that it needs "Yes, yes yes! Thank you Goddess!' you say.

As the fire starts to grow bigger and bigger you stay on your hands and knees, continuing to feed sticks and brush to help it grow "Come on..." you grumble out "Come on..." you continue to drop sticks into it, hoping it won't go out "Almost there...OUCH!" A sharp pain enters your butt. You immediately turn your head around, looking over your shoulder at what just pricked into your buttcheek.