Still sniffing the air, Talon stepped out onto the beach.
He looked around curiously, his yellow eyes taking in everything...
no signs of life anywhere, but further inland were some low trees and
what seemed to be the edge of a forest.
There was bound to be prey there.
With a leap forward, he sprinted for the treeline.
"He's awake, and out of the cage," the woman said softly, watching the
monitor that relayed the raptor's position.
The man standing next to her sighed. "Didn't take him long, did it?"
She shook her head, still staring at the screen. The tracking device that
had been implanted under his skin was working, but all it told them was
where he was. Not what was happening to him.
"He'll be happier there," the man said, as if to reassure her, although --
to his own ears -- he sounded more like he was trying to convince
himself than his companion.
The woman looked up from the InGen monitor, glancing sharply at him.
"Yes, but will he be safe?"
He shrugged. "They say he's probably the smartest thing on the island...
barring anyone foolish enough to visit the place, that is." He smiled
slightly. "He's smart enough to stay away from anything dangerous.
Well, more dangerous than himself, at any rate."
The woman also smiled a little, and returned her attention to the monitor,
as did the man. "Jeez, look at him go," he said, unable to keep the
appreciation out of his voice.
His colleague nodded. "He loves to run."
"That he does," he agreed. He paused for a moment. "He really will be
happier there, you know."
"I think he is already."
He looked at her quizzically. "How can you tell?"
She smiled again, gesturing at the fast-moving dot on the screen. "After
all this time? I can tell."
He looked around curiously, his yellow eyes taking in everything...
no signs of life anywhere, but further inland were some low trees and
what seemed to be the edge of a forest.
There was bound to be prey there.
With a leap forward, he sprinted for the treeline.
"He's awake, and out of the cage," the woman said softly, watching the
monitor that relayed the raptor's position.
The man standing next to her sighed. "Didn't take him long, did it?"
She shook her head, still staring at the screen. The tracking device that
had been implanted under his skin was working, but all it told them was
where he was. Not what was happening to him.
"He'll be happier there," the man said, as if to reassure her, although --
to his own ears -- he sounded more like he was trying to convince
himself than his companion.
The woman looked up from the InGen monitor, glancing sharply at him.
"Yes, but will he be safe?"
He shrugged. "They say he's probably the smartest thing on the island...
barring anyone foolish enough to visit the place, that is." He smiled
slightly. "He's smart enough to stay away from anything dangerous.
Well, more dangerous than himself, at any rate."
The woman also smiled a little, and returned her attention to the monitor,
as did the man. "Jeez, look at him go," he said, unable to keep the
appreciation out of his voice.
His colleague nodded. "He loves to run."
"That he does," he agreed. He paused for a moment. "He really will be
happier there, you know."
"I think he is already."
He looked at her quizzically. "How can you tell?"
She smiled again, gesturing at the fast-moving dot on the screen. "After
all this time? I can tell."