Takes me so long to complete this story, I had to reread certain chapters of this story to remind myself how many days Matoaka has been gone, as this point in the story, Matoaka and Zander have been gone from the Fellowship Herd 11 Days, since the trip to Fabuland takes 2 days they've been in Fabuland 9 Days...By the time Leo, Ichabod and the rest finally meet Matoaka she and Zander will have been seperated from the Herd 13 Days.

Math!

The Non-Humanimals listening to this story, Ichabod and Edward Green, the two Gotham Rogues and Leonardo himself felt several things about the history of the Mizzer Humanimals didn't click. It certainly seemed like an Aesop Fable or Just-So Story...In fact it felt a bit TOO much like either of those things...Real history is never so neat and clean as it is in Fairy Tales or History Textbooks for Elementrey Students.

Jonathan stroked his chin for a few moments before turning to Burma and asking "Miss Burma..." He said quietly "...What did the Humans of Mizzer think of the...Conclusion the Humanimals came to?"

"Burma sighed and rubbed her arm bashfully "This is what I said about the need we Humanimals need for 'Direct Guidence' the Neo-Hippies overestemated the Humanimals, seeing them hatched out of the tubes as adults they presumed they were perfectly rational beings from the start and when the Humanimals came to the Neo-Hippies announcing they needed to seperate until they 'were ready' by that they meant transformed into Humans...The Humans didn't question, they thought the Humanimals were already perfect beings and so they agreed to seperate so the Humanimals could do as they will. With the Human and Humanimal Societies seperated the Humans had no idea about the Humanimals brutally attacking each others for 'inaququacies' and while the Humans waited and waited for the Humanimals to 'Be Ready' that day never really came. The Humanimals began segrating themselves as I had described but the Humans didn't know why but they also didn't question."

"I find that lack of curiosity very...Un-humanlike." Nygma said

"You're not a Hippie." Said Burma "The Neo-Hippies creed was of pure passivism and they loved and idolized the Humanimals as 'the embodiments of nature' and so didn't really 'see' the Humanimals as they really were while we Humanimals are genetically hard-wired to be more altruistic then any naturally evolved races...We're still not perfect, by that I mean...We're not completly selfless, we need to have a teeny-tiny bit of selfishness because otherwise we wouldn't protect ourselves...We couldn't even eat if we were completely selfless because not only do all Animals have to kill something to eat even the Herbivores but when you yourself eat something it means that food can't be eaten by someone else."

At the mere mention of 'food' several stomachs began to grumble. Ichabod's of course, but also Bill's Jonathan's and even Leo was starting to feel a bit peckish, realizing yesterday he had not eaten a thing because after talking to Fossil he quickly went to sleep and didn't eat anything while planning the trip to Fabuland.

Burma quickly resumed her job as Stewardess "I'll bring you Guys some food and drink." She said

Meanwhile... It was late at night at Kayla's Manor. Kayla decided to have a stargazing session with Jeffery like they did when they were younger. Everyone knew it would be more then mere 'stargazing involved so they left the Human Girl and her Frog Mutant to themselves.

In the basement, Belladonna dozed whilst being a living sofa for Donatello as he flipped through the TV Channels.

"Thousands of Channels..." He sighed "...And not a thing to watch." He turned of the TV.

"We could watch Animal Planet." Belladonna said "I like that show where they show an Animal's Pregnancy and her Children's Birth."

"I'd rather not think about that at the moment." Don said as he looked over the the Egg brought over from Felly Forest to Kayla's Basement. Electronic Nest plugged in.

"You seem antsy." Belladonna said

Don rubbed his arm bashfully "Earlier today...Raph said something...Along the line of 'I never knew you were so cuddly.' and that moment I realized I had become a more 'touchy-feely' Turtle then I had ever been...And I hadn't even realized it until Raph ponted it out.

Don stood and quietly wakled over to a corner

"I"m not the same Turtle from before I met you." Don said quietly "Thinking about how and why this could be I remember something Ichabod said...When that Zebra Filly, Zeb caught Pnemonia and Ichabod had to spend an entire night holding her eventually he took of his shirt and held her to his bare chest and sang to her...Remembering what he said about the importance of flesh touching flesh I began to ask myself...Is it possible...For something physically, mentally and emotionally painful to wear you down...Pick away at the rational parts of yourself until, you haven't regressed to infanthood, but..." Belladonna could see how much Don was struggling to articulate this idea "...You've been left so raw psycologically that spoken language...Simple speech has no power to calm and soothe...Like an Infant all that your body...Your instinct can only comprihend the language of touch?"

Belladonna realized Don was referring to being held captive by the Foot Ninja which her Herd Siblings rescued them from "Oh Donny..." Belladonna felt her eyes getting misty "Is that..."

Don simply came back to her and burried her face in her mane "Belladonna..." He sighed "I'm so gratful to you...You didn't have to fall in love me, become my mate...But you did...And I'm glad you decided to bare me children despite my initial misgivings...You're love and the the changes my body has gone through becoming a Father have been like some kind of psycological medicine I really, trully needed..."

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