Chapter 102: Basilon kid
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The small Basilon growled while it tried to get out of Ella's embrace. Its eyes were opened properly and it was looking at the campfire with curiosity.
It was a good change with all the serious shenanigans going on in the group. Lucas didn't know when he laughed aloud the last time.
Jimmy dying had hit everyone hard and the group was still pretty gloomy about it, especially Jerry's group.
After Ella finally let the poor thing on the ground, it went right in front of the fire, and after feeling that the fire was too much. It started to back and revolve around it while also moving to every one of the groups who petted it with affection.
It even came to Lucas who looked at it for a while, the Basilon kid just skipped rubbing its face to his legs and moved past toward John who petted it a lot until it went to Ella again.
"The female Basilon had to feed this thing but it can't be done so we really need to find an alternative now..." Ella said while petting the poor guy who snuggled in her arms. It was not small but also enough to be comfortable in her arms like a human baby.
"Why not give it the Basilon's blood?" Lucas asked which got him many stares but Ella could only shrug in ignorance. It was not something anyone was proficient in and as it could not feed on the milk provided by its mother, the group had to think for an alternative.
It was a good change to the serious pace of things going on all around them.
"Do you think it will be able to digest it?" Ella asked yet this time she looked at John who gave a nod in approval.
"We can only try first, what choice do we even have?" John said which finally gave Lucas the cue to get the blood.
Many small pieces of the body were already processed as they were small in size. Lucas went to one of the pieces of flesh that was kept on the ground finely cut. A small part of the leather was also there fully taken care of with no signs of any skin or fat on it other than the fur and the layer below it.
Lucas's skill had made John's leatherwork easier as he didn't have a need to process the leather pieces. John's only job with the leather was to process and make something useful for the shelter out of it.
Lucas picked a piece of flesh and cut it in half making it only two inches in size, he kept the meat again on the old leather that were outside so that the meat doesn't get dirty from falling on the ground directly after the dissection process was completed.
When he came back to the group, he had a red piece of meat in his hand that was leaking drops of blood.
Lucas just went to the little guy in Ella's hand and opened its mouth with his hand. It was safe to do so as there were no teeth inside its mouth. Lucas saw that the creature was looking at him with curiosity and didn't mind that Lucas had opened its mouth forcefully.
Lucas made the meat come toward its mouth and squeezed it a little making drops of blood in its mouth.
The reaction was pretty surprising as the Basilon kid just gulped the drops of blood like it was milk greedily. Lucas kept pressing the flesh and the blood continuously came out until it squirmed and took it out showing that it was already done.
"If I have to be honest, this thing is nothing like the animal cubs I have ever seen." Jerry stated with a chuckle.
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"I haven't seen any so would you mind elaborating?"
"I mean, it was just born at the start of the day! And it can walk properly, drink blood, and has imprinted itself on Ella already. The dogs that are this old can't even open their eyes."
"Well, it's not like you can put the logic of Earth here, the Basilo is clearly not from there. What if on their planet, the creatures become an adult after a day of birth?" John said with many thoughts revolving in his brain.
"Ugh... Don't jinx it already. I am going to sleep, all that walking and mana use has made me tired. Wake me up when my shift comes people." Haley said in between yawns and before anyone could even wish night, she was in the shelter's living room already.
Lucas did not have the privilege to sleep in this night, he had to be awake and holding that mana staff in order to make the dissection complete before the first ray of light falls on the ground.
One by one, everyone went inside the shelter and as the Basilon kid did not have teeth right now, Ella took it inside the shelter and no one was really scared of it aside from Lucas. He knew what it could become and if it was as restrained and intelligent as its parents, they could have some problem.
"With each passing day, this thing will make its way into everyone's hearts. What will happen when we have to let it go?" Lucas asked the remaining people inside the camp with worry.
"You may be right but what can you do about it, leave it far in the forest on its own?" Mike asked with a frown.
"I did not mean it like that, it's just worrying me a lot."
"You have a problem man, you think a lot," Sean said from the back.
"It will do you no good by blurting out obvious facts right now, Sean." Lucas said while grumbling, even if he was right. Lucas didn't like getting advice from the guy.
The night went and the usual group of men and females talked with each coming and going in shifts.
Lucas was up the whole night and after being awake to the point of sunrise, he finally started getting tired.
"Just how much time is left?"