(okay I finally figured out how to set this up lol)
Nina was dangerously close to starvation.
The need for food hadn't seemed that urgent until a few days ago, but when the hunger hit, it was so intense that she almost couldn't walk. Her original supplies had been lost in a screamer attack, and she'd been forced to leave her hiding place on the far end of town and go searching for something, anything, that was edible.
At first, she was optimistic. She had plenty of water, and the town was mostly deserted. There had to be some canned food or wild plants nearby, she thought. But as one day passed without finding food, then another, she began to realize that soon she wouldn't have the strength to keep looking. It was frightening to realize how easily she could die out here.
She tried hunting for food, but she was a softhearted person who avoided killing, and this meant she was out of practice using her bow and arrows. Despite her persistence, the few rabbits she found all escaped with their lives. At that point, she was beginning to get very desperate.
So when she entered an abandoned building and heard voices, she didn't think twice. Drawing her knife and forgetting she didn't know how to fight, she staggered up the stairs and burst into the room, leveling her weapon at the three young people sitting there.
"Give me something to eat," she demanded, her voice and limbs trembling. "Now."