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 Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:48 pm
{Cart, don't irritate him. I'm sure he has a good reason, and I'm sure we'll find out when we get to this new cave.} She looks back ruefully at him. {To tell you the truth, I was looking forward to enjoying what I had caught, but if Grandfather has a reason for us to only eat half of the kill, he's got a reason. Maybe we can go back down to the stream for more fish later.}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:49 pm
Cart sighed. {Yeah, it's just...I haven't had this stuff since we hatched! I was really looking forward to having one all for myself...}
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moineau bavarde Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:52 pm
Freckles shudders. {Just try not to annoy him Cart. And who knows,} she adds, lowering her voice to a barely audible whisper, {maybe we can slip out later on, just the three of us, and catch and eat whatever we want. Just imagine! No pesky adult to tell us what to do.}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:54 pm
{I like it!} Cart whispered back. {Good food with a touch of those most wondrous of tastes--rebellion and freedom!}
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moineau bavarde Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:56 pm
Freckles does her best not to run and skip with joy while carrying the deer. {Not a word of it to the old thing, though! He won't approve, not one bit.}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:58 pm
{I didn't plan to tell him!} Cart replied, a grin forming on his face. {Oi, Old Silverback, these deer are heavy! When're we gonna set 'em down?}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:01 pm
Khala ignores the other two. She's been wondering if there are other eggs elsewhere. If that's where Grandfather's taking us, I won't go hunting. I'll always protect nests of eggs. I don't care if I starve myself, so long as there's other dragons like us.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:07 pm
Just the smell of the meat was enough to remind Cart of his earlier weeks, when he was just a hatchling. He remembered rough-housing ((OoC: Sp? BiC)) with Freckles and Khala. The other two in the nest at the time were always elsewhere; he was sure that OS divided his time between Cart and his friends and the others.
I wonder if there are others like us? he thought. Other eggs just waiting to be hatched? And how many dragons like us are there? Are there other dragons our age?
{Hey, Old Silverback!} Cartography called. {Who are our parents? I mean, I don't see any lady dragons around here that could be our mothers, and we're about as alike as granite and grass. Where did you find us? Are you really related to us like Khala says?}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:13 pm
{Cart! That sounded rude! It might be a sensitive subject for him.} I would like to know, though, she added silently to herself.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:20 pm
{How can we be self-respecting adults without knowledge of where we came from? On second thought, Old Silverback, you can tell us your relationship to us or not, whichever you choose. But still...I want to know, who are my parents, if you know.}
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:05 pm
Old Silverback sighs. {Now there's a long story if ever I heard one. You're right, though; you deserve an answer. Follow me to the cave where we can relieve ourselves of these burdens, and I will tell you everything.} He comes to the edge of the forest, where the trees are small and scattered, and starts to clamber over the rocks and up a hill. {It won't be long now,} he adds, {and I assure you, this is a story well worth the wait. Maybe it will even help take your mind off of that belly of yours, Cart.} He says this last with a chuckle in his voice that shows no harm is meant.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:23 pm
Upon reaching the cave lip, Khala drops her deer on the floor and looks up at Old Silverback expectantly with an eager expression.
(OoC: Ack! We never expected any of the first generation to ask about their parentage. What should we tell them about their families? All we've got for this story is Khala's relationship with OS, and that still leaves a lot to be desired. BiC)
Khala then notices the eggs. {So there are more eggs of dragons like us! Where are their families?}
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moineau bavarde Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:29 pm
((Majorly ooc: If she's in the cave, then you should use the nifty new public thread I set up here. And we'll come up with something, don't worry. When all else fails, there's ad-libing.))
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