Prologue, ch 3
Have been busy since eating little-eater.
Making Sticky-catchers. Preparing to fight big eater.
Going to catch big eater. Use sticky stuff to trap legs.
Then, wrap tail and claws up. Tie down.
Finally, bite head. Eater will stop. Will eat food-eater.
Making more catchers. Some high, some low. Some big. Some small.
Using sticky to make threads. Tie threads to catchers. Then string to home.
When catcher has caught, thread wiggles. Then can follow thread to catcher.
When eater gets caught, will know where.
Now...wait...
Have changed some. Collected essence from little eater.
Grew more legs. Arms. Small arms with claws. Use to grab sticky stuff. Make sticky catchers better.
Ate little eater's tail. Felt weird...came home. Slept. Feel better now.
This how food-eater gets food? Food-eater's tail...makes food feel weird?
Do not want be stung by tail.
Perhaps can - THERE!
Something is caught! May be it!
...
Have followed string. Still wiggling. Caught thing still struggles.
Getting closer...
There.
There it is...feet are caught. Trying to get out.
Now, must quietly sneak behind and sticky-catch tail...
Carefully...
...
NO! Eater knew! It got free! Grabbed arm!
Trying to sting! Have grabbed tail, holding back. So strong!
Ah...ow...grabber-claw squeezes arm. Hurts! Must get free quick!
Will force tail down, tie to body. Then can pull arm loose!
Almost...there! Now, pull!
Ow, ow, OW! AAAAAAAAAAAGH!
MY ARM!
BACK AWAY!
Ow...eater pulled arm apart. Hurts.
Hurts so much.
Have tied tail down. But tries to free itself!
Now what?!
Another sticky trap further down path! Can lure food-eater to trap, and tie up tail!
Eater breaks free. Is angry. Trying to find me. Using feeler-legs.
Must try to get attention...
...take sticky, and make string. Now, to stick feeler leg...
...stuck! It spins, faces me! It charges! I flee down path to trap!
Come! Try to sting now!
Yes! Tail caught by trap! It tries reach behind, but cannot!
Now, to tie up claws! Spraying sticky at eater's claws! Claws stuck!
Now will go around and around eater. Wrap up with sticky. Quickly, quickly...
Food-eater struggles, but sticky too strong for it now.
Am so glad collected sticky stuff.
Now, to tie tail down. Carefully-ACK!
It stung me!
...but...not feel weird?
...ok, maybe little weird. But not as bad. Strange?
Have become resistant to stinging?
...or collected sting power? But have no sting on tail!
Hmm...must test later.
Now, must...stop eater struggling...
Bite behind eyes. Bite hard.
Feel food-eater struggling. Growing weaker...
Food-eater is still...
...feel...tired...
...rest...
...
Am back in hole. Resting. Feeling strings.
Food-eater not problem anymore. Dead.
Consumed essence.
Believe collected sting of food eaters. Have fangs in mouth.
Arm is growing back slowly. Legs are stronger. Am stronger now.
But...
Notice food comes less.
Haven't caught food in long time.
Small food caught. Too small.
Has all food been eaten?
Or maybe was scared away?
Or...maybe grew too big?
Don't know.
But end result same.
Must leave. Must find food elsewhere.
See shapes on ground. Around tallgreens.
They move quick, sometimes drink from pool.
...maybe shapes are food?
Will climb down...see what food can find.
Collect essence.
Change...
...evolve...
End Prologue