"Whatever was around. Rabbits, raccoons, birds, deer sometimes. The Militia took most everything, so I had to wait and see what was left. It was dangerous slipping out past the commune walls so I always just took what I could get in as least time as possible." She walks at his side, pulling the arrow out of the squirrel so she can clean it off and put it back with all the others.

The squirrel is held by its tail and dangled down a little, and she lets it stay there as they amble along.