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[canhascow]

[for the past week or two, a giant dragon has been brooding at the edge of camp. no food, no socializing- all of that good sulky stuff.

but now the dragon is hungry. and there is a goat.]

I do not mind going after the ill or crippled animals when I am catching or hunting my own food, and I am going to eat it anyway, of course, but does this one

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[chanceofsmiles]

What is that thing?

[canhascow]

It is a goat; have you never seen one before?

[chanceofsmiles]

That's not like any goat I've ever seen.

[canhascow]

Oh, well, it is still a goat, if a very strange one.

[chanceofsmiles]

How can you be sure?

[canhascow]

It smells like a goat, it has the general body shape of a goat, and it sounds like a goat when it is not busy sniffling.

[CHOMP]

And it tasted like a goat.

[chanceofsmiles]

. . .

[canhascow]

So it was a goat.

[chanceofsmiles]

. . . not that it matters now.

[canhascow]

No, I suppose not; I am going to hunt cows next, and those I can be sure of.

[chanceofsmiles]

Watch out for the metal ones.

[canhascow]

Oh, those are very easy to tell apart: they are shiny, while the normal ones are dull-coloured.

[chanceofsmiles]

That's true . . .

Are you all right?

[canhascow]

I am not all right, and I am not going to be all right for a very long while, but I am doing better; my captain, Laurence, has gone away from Camp.

[chanceofsmiles]

. . . [nods]

I'm sorry. Apparently I had to leave before, but I think I was the lucky one.

[canhascow]

You were the lucky one; time is different here, so when you return you likely do not notice the absence of anyone who is still in camp, but those who stay behind must wait for weeks or years.