Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonIt's referring to the decomposition.

The words actually aren't suckling there, it's the children in a brief memory-flash. I'll change the wording there so it's not so confusing; re-reading it I can very easily see how you got that idea.

Ok, I re-read it, and it's definitely more clear. I think you should keep some sort of comparison between the children and the worms there (even if it's only a slight one), because that was really cool.

I can still see a bit of a comparison with the last line: "Gravitating to her teat, blind, mute infants opened and closed toothless mouths, gumming for their mother’s milk, but no longer," but it was a lot stronger earlier.