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Chapter 3

Rojas was starving. But despite that, he kept going. He was devoted to keeping this egg alive. Abandoning it was the last thing in his mind. But luck was with him. Exhausted, Rojas was about to stop for another rest when he smelled something in the air. Something that brought great joy to his predatory heart. Food.

Speeding up, Rojas came across the source. A nearly dead, half grown crabeater seal. One of Rojas' favorite delicacies. He paused a yard or so in front of it and obseved it carefully. It was horribly cut up, probably from another predator.

It had left a bloody trail that led quite far in the horizon. In front of it was a fishing hole and a small pile of rather large fish. The smaller seal must've been trying to feed itself when it was attacked.

Rojas placed the egg in a flipper and nudged a fish with his snout, checking how fresh it was. It was a little frosty but was still good enough. He sank his teeth in one fish and gulped it down.

The crabeater sensed Rojas' presence and opened its eyes and looked at the much larger seal before it. Rojas stared back at it, licking his lips. He took another fish and gulped it as well.

The little seal sighed and closed its eyes. It knew what the presence of a leopard seal meant. But it welcomed that. It was hoping to attract a predator by piling up some fish. The pain it was in was too much to handle.

Rojas finished the last of the fish and turned all his attention to the little morsel in front of him. He moved himself closer to his meal.

The little seal felt his shadow and it knew it was close to the end. But Rojas didn't do anything. The pup risked a peek. It was surprise to find that this seal had a penguin's egg.

Rojas was about to kill the pup when he heard a peep coming from his egg. He stopped and stared at it. It whistled. He gently placed the egg down in front of him. He watched as the little penguin poked a hole in the shell. A tiny beak poked through and said it's first words.

"Hello? Can someone help me? This thingy is hard." It was a female. Rojas smiled.

"Sorry, little Sausage. You gotta break free on your own." Rojas told the little chick. She paused.

"Kay...I'll try..." she said. Rojas chuckled as the egg moved as if tackled from within. "Okay...that didn't work..."

The egg jumped slightly. "That didn't work either." The egg rolled this way and that like a little hamster ball. It was comical. Even the suffering crabeater couldn't help but smile. The egg's antics made it look weird.

"Okay...new plan...I'm going to kick it." The egg cracked on the first hit. Then, on the second, a pair of penguin feet was free. The egg stood. "Now what?"

Rojas chuckled as he decided to help the chick out. He lowered his head and nipped the 2 sides strong enough to make it crack, but soft enough not to bite the chick in half.

"Thanks..." she mumbled. Her wings broke free. They flapped as she tried to keep her balance. She started stumbling backwards. "Oh...! Okay! Going Backwards! Reverse! Reverse!" she said, flapping her wings harder. She bumped into the crabeater.

"OW!" the seal replied. The little penguin managed to stand back up and turn around towards the pup.

"Sorry." She started stumbling backwards again. Rojas again chuckled as the egg bumped him. "Sorry again!"

She tripped and upon impact the shell shattered, revealing the little penguin. A large eggshell was on her head, like a hat. She shook it off and stood up. She looked at Rojas expectedly.

"Good, Sausage. I knew you could get out be yourself." he said. The penguin took a step towards him.

"Daddy?" she asked. Rojas shook his head.

"No. I'm not 'Daddy'. But I will be caring for you, little Sausage." he explained. She smiled as he paused, a sudden thought coming to him. "I guess it's my responsibility to name you."

"Sausage isn't my name?" she asked in confusion. Rojas smiled and laughed.

"No. That will be your nickname. Your real name will be...Whisper." he told her. She wagged her tail.

"I like that name." She shivered when a slight breeze blew. "Freezy..." she informed. Rojas paused and lifted a flipper. Whisper rushed over and placed herself under the limb. Rojas tucked her against him. He stared as she reached up as tall as she could, standing on her tip toes and literally begging at his muzzle.

"Open. Please. I want open." she said, acting as cute as possible. Rojas was confused. Why would she want him to open his mouth? He opened up to question it when she shoved herself inside and made him gag. He pulled his head away as Whisper stumbled out and tucked herself back under his flipper. She was disappointed to have nothing.

"What was that about?" he growled, almost angry at her. Whisper looked at him with huge worried eyes.

"I'm hungry." she answered. Rojas hesitated and lowered his head to her, opening up again. He's not sure what to make of this, but he'll play along. He's curious and likes learning new things.

Whisper repeated her procedure and Rojas didn't pull back this time. He reflexively regurgitated some of the fish he had earlier. Whisper ate it up and settled down. She cuddled against him and fell asleep, leaving her caretaker to ponder things out.

Rojas looked at the sleeping bird he held, then looked at the crabeater. Still hungry, he made his attack quietly and the smaller seal will never see the light of day again.

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