I started the day with my usual routine, and after just grabbed my weapon, and shadow walked to the alley. Then started jogging towards the rats' territory. The plan was to reach the swamp ty the end of the day and leave an anchor there. I needed to explore that area, and also search what was around bear territory.
It would be nice to have a map in my brain, just like in video gas, but unfortunately, all I had was my drawing skills and a piece of paper, if I bought it. Maybe if we had a cartographer here, with ti we could work sothing out, but I never heard of such a person among us.
We could argue that I wasn't the best-inford person around, but I doubted Hatta or Blue wouldn't be on it if they knew about sobody like that.
When I left the city, and food settled down a bit in my stomach, I went into a sprint, and just ran through the hunting grounds ignoring the hunters preparing to lure rats out of their nest. When they vanished in the distance, Ki'rai, in a wolf form, joined .
She had to catch up to in a different form since she had trouble keeping up with my pace. I slowed down, and we traveled together for several hours. Then I stopped, to take a break and jump back to the city, but before I wanted to have a conversation with her.
We ended up in a nice spot, with no bushes around. The grass was low, and a lot of sunlight was making it past the tree crowns. Still, there was plenty of shadows. If only we had birds to accompany the rustling of leaves.
I sat under a tree, as she transford into her original form, tired, fighting for breath. It made laugh a bit, which clearly made her a bit angry.
- Co, sit with - I said when she seed to finally get a grip over her body, and patted the ground next to .
She didn't go at first, looking intensely at , and throwing daggers with her eyes, but then she gave up and ca closer.
- Where did you go yesterday? - she asked .
- I was hunting in the cave you showed . What did you do? - I asked her, and using the 'Void manipulation' I wrote in the air "Are they listening?".
She read it quickly and stood up.
- I was looking for you all around the city, but couldn't find you. I even looked at the closest hunting grounds - she replied and did sothing peculiar.
She cleared the ground out of the grass and then started writing with her knife.
"I have a device that is recording our conversations. They always check it when I go back."
I nodded.
- Sorry. Next ti I'll try to let you know.
"Which side are you on Ki'rai? Are you with us, or with them?"
- You should - she replied.
Her face changed. It was hard to read because of her alien physique, but I had this feeling that she id battling with herself. I couldn't even imagine what she was going through at that mont. I made her choose between people that created her and were in so way her parents, and . Sobody he clearly valued to the point to inform about what was going on. She kept looking at her feet. Her head was going from one side to another, as she was battling with new thoughts.
- How about as an apology I will give you so nice food? Do you want so dried fruits? Or maybe fresh ones?
She looked up at , and for a mont the idea of fresh, sweet fruits overtook her mind, I noticed that she was clearly already seeing the food, with the eyes of her mind. She nodded.
- Yes. I want fresh fruits.
Then she quickly wrote on the ground: "Can I be your friend, Peter?"
"You already are," I replied.
She smiled in response. Her eyes were sparkling with happiness. I only saw her interactions with her masters once, and only for a short mont, but it gave a decent idea of how they looked like. Maybe in the beginning she just didn't know better, but now she saw the interaction between people. She learned about friendship and love.
For , her motivation beca plainly obvious. She wanted to feel welcod. She wanted to feel loved.
- I'll be right back with so tasty ones - I said while standing up.
She nodded in response.
I dropped the anchor where I was standing, and shadow walked to the alley. I quickly went bu but so of my favorite fruits, and a bunch of beef jerky for myself, then I shadow walked back, and removed the anchor.
- Here. Try all of them - I gave her an armful of food.
She couldn't even take it all, and so of them fell to the ground. She started tasting imdiately. It was fun to watch her experience the different tastes for the first ti. Her expressions were changing with every bite. From surprised to overjoyed. It was an incredible experience, to witness her exposure to different flavors.
I ate all the at looking at her, and when she finally finished, we continued our travels. While walking, we couldn't really talk. Running was also out of the question since she was so full, she barely could move. Watching her experience being so full for the first ti was also incredibly funny.
When the night started approaching we stopped again.
- How about we go back to the city, and return here tomorrow?
- Ok.
I touched her shoulder and brought us straight to my room in the barracks.
- You can take the bed. I'll sleep on the floor - I said to her shortly after we appeared in the dark room.
I used my fla, to light up the olive lamp. The windows were shut, and I didn't want to open them because sobody could see her. She happily jumped on the bed.
- I'll go and get so food. Stay here.
She nodded. I left her alone for a mont and returned with more fruits and so jerky. Then we ate.
I kept thinking that I need to let her et Will and the rest as soon as they will go back to the city.
The day ca to an end with 23 440 930 points remaining on my account.
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