I ran and ran through the sweltering jungle. 'Don't look back, don't look back, don't look back...' was the steady thought that spurred me on before I heard the sound of a cracking branch when, stupidly, I looked back.

'You idiot!'

I'm not the fastest runner, but I'm pretty good, seeing as I'm only a kit. Looking back, however, can have a considerable effect on the speed of which you are running.

conscience: 'Yeah, tell that to them. They need to know, not you, the one who'll get eaten if you don't turn around!'

me: 'Shut up!'

Unfortunately, this has meant that the terrifying reptile I'm running from has closed in on me. I am now thinking 'this has to be it. I'm dead.'
It's gone very dark, all of a sudden. What was that? I spun around. The dino following me is staggering backwards, dazed and confused. I'm beside a wall, it's cold. Stone. I've run into a cave. The entrance is small, far to small for a dino and there's very little light.
The dino has finally given up trying to get in. I guess it's gone to find another meal. I'd better sleep here today; the dark will conceal me and night is my forte.

conscience: 'You do realise that you're paying more attention to them than to you're own life?'

me: 'so, what? we're safe here.'

conscience: 'Fine, just don't get us both killed.'

Anyway, it's time I went to sleep, it's to light out there.


Me: 'Uh?'

Conscience: 'Wake up, you lazy sloth.'

Me: 'You know I like to sleep late.'

Conscience: 'I also know you're not going to eat if you don't wake up.'

Me: 'Five more minutes.'

Conscience: 'Now!'

Me: 'Okay, I'm up!'

Consciences, they can be really rude when they want to be, can't they. It's almost dark now. Most of those monsters seem to be settling down, but I can hear some sounds that suggest others are just getting up. I haven't had a chance to look around here properly yet, so I don't know if there actually is anything I can eat. My favourite foods are all insects, and there are plenty of them, the only problem is they are really big. Trust me, when I say big, I mean enormous. Ten times the size of me, at least! But they could be poisonous. I can't find any small animals I can eat, either, or even anything I recognise. Great. Well that's annoying, the only food I've found could kill me.

Me: 'You seen anything?'

Annoying voice 1: 'Nope, nothing on radar here, captain.'

Me: 'Damn.'

I'll have to search in the light. At least I can get to know the place and it's dangers. Time to go back to my cave then.