Reconciliation and wrangling trees

It is all coming to a breaking point. The screaming and biting and thrashing that sends the Pine into a tizzy. Then suddenly without warning there was pain. So much pain the beast screeched, it echoing around the forest. Their branch had been ripped away from them, nestled in the jaws of the male who had decided to assault them. And the Pine wept, crying in agony for as soon as they had landed on the forest floor they were being assaulted by millions of ants.

Between the cries there were intermittent shrieks of pain, and as time went on the thrashing began to cease. There was nothing left for them to do, they were dying and being stripped away like cheap wood for the insects to feast upon. But the ants had heard their master, and had left the skin in its wake. The noise began to settle as the creature ceased to exist, leaving behind only the branch in Eleos's jaws and the skin that it had been cloaked in. What had managed to also surpass the wrath of the ants was a teal beetle, that scuttled in the direction of the black and white boy swiftly.

With ease it crawled up the left leg of the boy, wasting no time in chomping into his flesh and burrowing itself neatly into the shoulder muscle. It writhed and wriggled aggressively for a moment before remaining still, the only sign of its existence was the subtle gleam of green protruding from the boy's shoulder.

the Rift
simply explode

@Eleos - a cursed beetle has dug into your flesh for two threads! Whenever Eleos becomes angry, his leg will feel the sensation of being ripped off. After two threads it will remove itself from his shoulder.