Although the hail of stones ceased, it would only last for a few hours.

She left quickly and had to go search for food.

Kororu chose some stones that appeared to be edible.

Admist the rain of stone, these light objects become solidified ash once the poison comes out. It becomes an "edible stone".

As for the "tasteless water", it seemed to spring out from different places every day,

but Kororu had a general idea of where to find them.

There were leeches living in the water that Kororu called "black screws", and she would extract what little meat they had within them.

Around the time she first came here she carelessly set foot in the water. It was a dreadful experience.

Even on this sort of planet she was awestruck by the creatures living on it, yet they were somehow staying alive by consuming poison.

Yeah, yeah, just move aside.

Blaaaack screeeews, black screws.

When Kororu ate these leeches, she suffered from fevered dreams for two full days. Since then she never ate them again.

She certainly didn't think that eating these creatures would be worse than eating the rocks.

But because of these leeches, the water stayed adequate enough for drinking.

Black screws!!

She went through a few more unpleasant experiences but those she didn't mind too much.