Prologue, ch1:
Awake.
Hunger. Food. Essence.
Where?
Liquid. Air. Cold. Hungry.
Movement. Nearby. Food. Consume.
Struggling. Bite.
Essence. Delicious.
...
...changed. Can...feel. Can see.
Must change again. Need essence.
In liquid. Light above. Dark below.
Surface. Feel cold. Air above. Hard to breath.
See blue. See green. Tall thing. Brown thing. Green bits. Rustling.
Tall-green big. Far away.
Food?
Feel movement. Descend. Follow senses. Consume essence. Change.
See bug-thing. Has flap things. Helps move. Need flap-things.
Bite legs. Bug-thing moves.
Bite harder. Bug thing stops.
Consume meat. Collect essence.
Changing. Feel things...new things.
Things on sides. Flaps. Flaps on sides.
Can move faster. Flaps go fast.
Surface again. Look for tall thing. Go to tall-green.
Getting closer. Liquid shallow. Go down. Touch floor. Go forward.
Liquid stops. Floor keeps going. Tall thing farther.
Can't flap anymore. No liquid. Hard to move.
Wiggle forward. Flap left. Flap right. Flap left. Flap right.|
Flaps touch floor? Helps move.
Changing...
...
Changed again. Can breathe again.
Hooked flaps. Better for floor-moving. Squirm forwards.
See food. Food flops. Food can't floor-move.
Easy food. Food won't move.
Bite down. Consume food.
...
Changed? Feel bigger. Feel...more. Can feel more. See more.
Moving to tallgreen. Must find food. Getting closer.
At tallgreen. Must go up...how?|
Touch tallgreen. Feels...rough. Hook flaps onto tallgreen. Can go up.
How tall?
Tallgreen has flaps too. Flaps on limbs. Climb onto limb.
Tired...rest...
End Ch 1