It seems fitting that we started by hearing about how Garod was going to stab his employer in the back only to have to pull the knife out of his own by the end.

I like how his fate feels earned, from the first derogatory name he calls Skadi in is private thoughts to him stupidly verbalizing such vulgar name calling to her face. He was simply a rude little thief who revealed no good qualities over the course of the story. I'm not saying that Skadi handled things in the best way, but I found that I had no sympathy for her meal from the moment he was in her mouth to when he drowned in her stomach.

Normally I find the mouthy tiny who constantly yells at and insults the giant who holds his life in her hands to be to be an outlandish and unbelievable character, primarily because they're acting in a way that's stupid beyond belief. Garod felt different, however, because his words and actions were guided by sexism, as well as a belief that giants are stupid. So it actually makes sense that he though he could order someone large enough to swallow him whole around, as he assumed she was submissive and dumb because she's a giantess.

It wasn't until he was about to be eaten that he realized that this wasn't the case at all, and that's when we saw his true colors and his fear overtook his ignorant arrogance. That actually seemed to disgust Skadi more than the name calling or thievery, which I found kind of interesting.

Again, I think eating Garod may not have been necessary for Skadi (even if he did deserve it), but it's hard to argue with her logic for doing so. Garod probably would have just come back and tried again later, which she would have found even more annoying. So while killing him just for breaking in and being rude seems a bit over the top, it does solve her problem.

I also love the way that she weaponized food and drink against him in her stomach and even went so far as to roll her stomach on purpose just to make him uncomfortable. These parts were well written and descriptive in just the right ways to paint a vivid picture without getting too wordy. Like I said in my review of your last story, not enough stories on here focus on how external things (eating, drinking, walking, etc.) affect the tiny inside the giantess. So thanks for nailing that part down so well here!

But maybe the most impressive part of this story was how Skadi's actions could be so different from the first story but yet her character still feels very much the same the same person. Her talking to herself was kind of cute and really fit the character you established before, and seeing her grumpy side in the last story made her annoyance at Garod seem very in-character as well. Even the way she handled him once he was inside, more matter-of-fact that openly cruel, just "felt" like Skadi.

It was a cool idea to take that little off-hand comment and provide us with the backstory behind it, and the execution here was excellent! I look forward to seeing what you come up with for the next chapter of Unlikely Sanctuary.