Awwww what's a lil cub doing out here in the snow, where's it's parents, oh it must be a strat and can't leave him out here.
Herbert Wyndheim was out in the freezing, snow-covered grounds of the planet, Half-World looking for mineral and crystal samples until he'd heard tiny shivering sounds findijg a small raccoon-cub who looked small and needed a home making Herbert scoop the lil cub up gently into his arms hearing him purr weakly as this relieved Herbert, after putting his research equipment away tucking the infant-cub under his jacket getting into a pod activating it, it flying off into the air out of the planet ijto a giant space-ship surprising the workers he was back so soon, wondering why he was askijg for warm-milk and a coaxing his lil Rocket down from a tree which had impressed him.
"Sir, your coat is sneezing, is everything okay." a worker asked him seeing him nodding deciding not to diverge details heading to his room finding a basket he was turning into a crib for the lil cub he'd found taking him gently from underneath his jacket wrapping a blanket around him rocking him gently humming which was soothing him, just as the worker entered with the warm milk he'd requested, seeing her astounded by the cub in his arms asking how he'd gotten him.
"Ssshhhh, he's asleep, I fouhd him on Half-world shivering in the snow and decided to adopt him as my own." he said softly which she fouhd sweet, wondering what Herbert would name him as he was puttijg the teat of the bottle ijto the cub's mouth seeing him drinking up as he hadn't had milk in a bit making Herbert chuckle as an name came to mind.
"Slow down, Rocket you'll either get sick or have a tummy-ache which dada doesn't want." he said gently seeing the cub grin at him, loving his name giggling being burped making Herbert laugh at his adopted son which impressed the workers at this knowing Herbert had wanted a heir so now had it in this cub knowing he'd grow up well on the ship and in Herbert's care seeing him putting Rocket in a papoose so he could go ti his lab, to examine the samples he'd fouhd on the planet besides his cub knowing being this little, Rocket might not be intrested in this seeing him curious about the crystals making him chuckle.
"Awww you like the shiny crystals, boy." he said stroking behind his furry lil ear, seeing him playing with the crystals liking how they shone not understanding the science behind them, making sure he didn't eat them seeing him picking up a magnet playing, giggling making Herbert grin knowing this cub had potential so could teach him about science as he grew up needing to make him his room like everybody else on the ship drawing up plans to make it warm and inviting for him to grow up in which the workers got.
That late-night, Herbert was wide awake dealing with Rocket being up and going to get him a bottle as he didn't want to bother the workers especially the ones with kids sitting at the table filling a baby bottle with warm milk which would soothe his cub into slumber because he needed his rest to grow big and strong, seeing him drinking which was helping him relaxing yawning after burping him, putting him back into the papoose going to his room putting him in the basket wrapping the blanket around him, kissing his furry lil head before crawling back into his bed falling asleep dreaming about his boy's future snoring soundly.
That next morning, he was making himself breakfast and had bought baby food from the grocery-store on the mall on the ship hearing Rocket was awake getting him out of his crib putting him in a highchair seeing him excitable making him chuckling as he was putting baby food on a lil spoon making noises to get him, to eat hearing him giggling clapping his paws melting Herbert's heart despite him getting messy, getting his dad messy hearing him laughijg surprising Sacha and Simone his engineers who happened to be hyper-evolved female chipmunks, finding Rocket adorable wanting to help him seeing Herbert nodding.
"I might need your help as I have to work in the lab and it's a little Impossible doing that, with Rocket being himself." he told them seeing them nodding knowing they could do it, seeing Rocket confused after Herbert told him what was happening whimpering but Sachs and Simone were good at distracting him with intresting toys which got his attention guessing Herbert wentvto Counter Earth despite that making him sad because of his parents unaware of what their new friend's birth-family had did to him feeding him milk which was relaxing him after chasing after toy balls pretty fast realising why Herbert had named him Rocket.
"Awww he's wiping himself out for an nap, like Evette when she's wired and mayge we should let him meet her, he could use a friend." Sacha told Simone as Rocket was rubbing his lil eyes with his paw realising he was ready for an nap just as Herbert came back relieved they'd diid a good job watching him