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"It does mom," Chomper said. "I take it we should stay away from it?"


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Ducky started to get up, yawning a bit.  Littlefoot opened his eyes, not wanting to get up yet, but knowing he would need to sooner or later.


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Trod looked at Cyrix - "Yes, I hope so too, that way we can know how my friend could trick the one who attacked us."


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Despite getting less sleep than some of the others, Kit all but hopped up as the Bright Circle rose. She flapped over to where Cyrix and Trod were awake now. "Good morning!" she greeted. Twix cracked one eye open yet rolled over. Kit laughed, "Come on, the Bright Circle's up, why are you still asleep".

"Because I can be" Twiz said, yet with a small smile, "now let me get back to it". He rolled over. Kit sighed.



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Littlefoot got up and started to stretch, Ducky was walking over to where the water was to get some to drink.  Littlefoot walked over there as well.  "Good morning Ducky." He said.

Ducky looked back at him smiling, "yes, it is good to see you again.  I am glad you are awake, I am, I am."


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<Great Spike is awake. It is, It is.> Ducky said, going over to hug Spike and happy he was awake.

<Good Morning Spike.> Littlefoot said smiling as he looked over to where Spike is.


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Trod's belly made some sounds and the kid said a bit of embarrased - "I-I think I am hungry, but maybe I should wait for Rhamphy to wake up before I go to forage for some food."

"There is no need for that." - Trod's Flyer friend woke up at that time, using his hands to raise himself up, but he couldn't even finish doing that when Trod gave him a bear hug. - "Sorry I got you worried... but then again you got ME very worried too..." - He couldn't complete his prank-style complainings when he felt the tears from his Runner friend, to that, the Flyer returned the hug, smiling as he patted his friend - "We must really try to not get separated again."

After a bit, they broke the hug, and Trod presented his friend to Cyrix and the other dinosaurs present - "Everybody, this is Rhamphy: my friend and family." - Rhamphy bowed to the dinosaurs present and the Bright Circle allowed to see how Rhamphy looks like: a light brown skinny Flyer, large white claws, his tail was as long as expected for a Flyer of his kind (like Rinkus) but the tail tip was white, giving the sensation that it is made of sharp bone or maybe like if it is another claw, but the most strange are his eyes... Rhamphy's right eye is blue, while the left eye is green.


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Ducky waved happily while she smiled, "Hello, how are you doing?  We are all glad to meet you, we are, we are." Ducky said.

Littlefoot nodded his head, "Good morning.  I'm glad to meet you.  Are you hungry or thirsty?" Littlefoot asked.


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Rhamphy waved back to Littlefoot and Ducky - "Nice to meet you too, and yes, I am kind of hungry, thirsty and in a little pain too."

Trod took some of the leaves that were collected the night before - "Try to eat some, and I am not surprised you are in pain, you got some nasty injuries."

"Don't get too alarmed, I've survived worst things than this and you know it." - Rhamphy began to happily eat the leaves that has been collected before, and it seems that the Flyer hasn't eat anything for some days.


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Ducky finished getting a little water then looked at Rhamphy, "Do want someone to bring you some water in a leaf or a rock?  Are those enough leaves there for you for now?" Ducky asked, wanting to be sure if Rhamphy needed anything else.


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"<I can get some for you," Spike said to the injured flyer.

Chomper had joined his friends after his family's hunt. "If you still want your herd eaten, my parents would be glad to help," he told Trod.


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Rhamphy looked gratefully at the other dinosaurs - "I don't know what to say... I am not really used to this. Thanks." - He then saw Chomper and stood up to gave a step back - "Oh boy, a sharptooth..." - and then he saw Chomper's parents. - "YIKES! big sharpteeth!!" - the Flyer went and hide behind Trod.

"Easy Rhamphy, they are friendly" - Trod tried to re-assure his friend, to that the little Flyer, who is a bit smaller than one of Littlefoot's rear legs, just came out shyly.

"A-Are you sure about it?" - As he saw the others not reacting or panicking, the Flyer came out from behind his friend's back, and gave a couple of steps towards Chomper, he sniffed the purple dinosaur for a bit before saying - "You were the dinosaur from last night. If you and your... parents I guess, are going to eat Trod's herd, won't you get sick from their wickedness?."


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"You don't get sick by eating something evil," Chomper said. "I mean, a lot of the things that I ate are things leafeaters that tried to hurt me, but I don't get sick from eating them."


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"That is... interesting, because I know evil green food that have poison inside, and you get sick if you eat those...I think Trod's herd leader is made of those evil plants." - Rhamphy sat down in front of Chomper, with all four extremities in the floor and his tail waving from one side to the other, with much curiosity of been this close of a sharptooth.

In the mean time, Trod made use of the suggestion made by Ducky and began walking in search of some water.


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"A dinosaur can't be made of plants," Chomper said, not getting Rhamphy's deeper meaning


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"They are friends of ours." Littlefoot said.

"We knew Chomper as a hatchling even, we did, we did." Ducky said.


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Trod listened to that and replied amazed - "So you know these sharpteeth from before?, wow,  I thought something like that would be near impossible."

Rhamphy tried to reply to Chomper - "hehehe yes, I guess no dinosaur is made of plants, but some of them are so evil that it would appear that they have poison in their veins instead of blood."


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"Ugh, that would be bad," Chomper said, shivering at the thought.


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"Yes, very bad indeed..." - Rhamphy said - "... but since you and your parents offered to eat that cruel dinosaur and his herd, then I guess Trod told you his story... maybe that herd would make a good lunch for all of you."

In the mean time, Trod asked - "do you know these sharpteeth from here the island? or you all became stranded here like me?"