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AZ Mystery - chapter 2
Date: 6/26/2024, Categories: Science-Fiction , Alien, Author: Limnophile
... her mouth and eyes were dry. She was dehydrated and hungry. "You like carrots? Come here girl, follow me!" The mother hobbled after me as I led them to my big puddle. She drank quite a bit. I decided to make it the goats' puddle. I had other sources, and I wasn’t going to drink something with goat spit in it. She looked at the carrot and let out a "BAAA!" I tossed the two carrots on the ground and she quickly started to eat. I decided to take care of them. Milk would be good, but even I couldn't get any, at least they were companionship. I petted the baby and felt a lot happier. He called to his mother as she ate a few dead weeds. I decided on names for them, Holly Hobbles, and Wayne Whiner. I climbed up and down the cliffs, and gathered up as much grass and small plants as I could fit in my manly purse. I chuckled again. I brought them two purses worth of food, and it looked like that would be enough for the day. I climbed back to my new area again, and put a little more wood on the fire. I tied some vines to the tops of the bottles, so I'd have a way to pull them off the fire, then boiled some water. I had a carrot and another avocado, then checked on Holly and Wayne. Both rubbed their heads on my leg happily and I managed to get half a bottle of milk! I had to decide where I would sleep. Should I stay with the goats, or keep an eye on the fire? I figured if the fire went out, I could find a way to make another one. If I lost my ...
... goats, I doubted I'd find any more, and I'd miss them. I laid down ten or so meters from the puddle. Holly sat down near me, with baby Wayne between us. - Report of Caretaker 9042 Species WDT Subject 071 - Cycle 3 Specimen WDT071 added new fruit, vegetable, and animal product foods to diet. Minor health increase to 23/24. Subject displays strong dislike of compact combustibles. Unmodified and stage 1 modified natural tool use observed. Intermediate waste tool reclaimation observed. Inter-species auditory communication observed. Inter-species empathy observed. Use of fire observed. Stage 1 tool production observed. No signs of progenation. No written language. No use of electricity. No buoyant or powered flight observed. No use of fission or fusion power. No dimensional rift usage. Results to date: Primitive, worth further observation. Technology level: 4/24 Resilience: 10/24 Progenation: 0/24 Recommend long distance auditory communication test. - Supervisor 3614 notes Move subject 071 and associated objects to habitat area x7914y8562. Test auditory communication with subject WDT046 in habitat area x7915y8562 Close and sanitize habitat area x7913y8562. - When I woke the fire had nearly gone out. There were only a few embers left. I added some small pieces of wood, and the fire gradually came back to life. I added a couple of thicker pieces to keep it going a few hours. I heard baby ...