The Wounds We Heal

Chapter sixty-three: Wild Adventures!

"So... what now?" Chester asked.

"Not sure. What do you think, Rex?" Ned asked.

"Well we could sneak up to the cliffs above the nesting grounds to observe the baby dinos hatching." Rex suggested slowly, as if thinking very carefully on it.

"Yes he is. Looks like our scavenger hunt loosened him up a bit," Snowflake agreed, before following the pups.

"Hm.." a few pups hummed with a shrug before following at different speeds.. Even though Chase and Rex were already flying down the zipline cables to their vehicles.

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Rex and Chase creeped to the ledge, one behind the other, leading the whole group to the edge where they could peer down. Inside the small dead-end canyon eggs in nests or beside mothers cracked, and from the gooey bursts, screeching baby dinos emerged.

"Awww, look at them.." Skye swooned softly.

"I'm surprised we can get this close," Snowflake commented.

"Okay, now I believe the dinosaurs are real!" Ned said, Snowflake's eyes widened coming to the same realization.

"Well they can't see us or smell us cause there's too many other stinky plants and the wind doesn't carry our scent down there too them. This way me and the Turbots can come up here to check in on things anytime, if we need to." Rex informed them.

"That.. makes sense. Ummm Rex? There aren't dinosaurs that eat.. visitors? Right?" Snowflake asked before looking around.

"Well we don't get a lot of visitors around here.. But when we do.. We try to educate them on how to stay safe out here.." Rex replied thoughtfully. "And most of the dinos are fine as long as you don't bother them or their babies. They're like big, scaly cows."

"Oh, well that's good to know!" Snowflake said gratefully.

"Big scaley cows? But dinosaurs roar, not moo! And there are no farmers near them," Ned pointed out. Snowflake face-pawed herself.

"They don't act like real cows, Ned," the female husky murmured.

"No, but they can be calm like them.." Rex corrected himself. "And that's most of the time.. The Dino Wilds provides all the food they need so they almost never come after anyone.."

"Good. I still can't believe this place exists! Wait, don't you have to take care of the plants too?" Snowflake wondered.

"Actually nature takes care of itself out here.." Rex replied. "Though we do check in once in a while to make sure things are growing.. And we have our own greenhouse where Dr. Turbot grows all of these plants so we can maintain a healthy environment here.. We also use it to grow the plants we use for medicine and other herbal treatments for when the dinos get sick or injured."

"Okay," Snowflake said, before continuing to watch the baby dinosaurs.

"I still can't believe we're seeing dinosaurs!" Ned said in awe.

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"So what'd you think, guys? Pretty cool, huh?" Chase asked, as they were coming down the ramp of the Dino Patroller, which they had parked on the lift to return it to the Lookout's underground hangar.

"I like Rex, but.. WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!?!?!" Snowflake exclaimed, starting to freak out over the experience.

"Agreed! Dinosaurs are alive AND dead?! What world are we living in?! Is this even reality?! Or a parallel universe?! Aaaaahhhh!" Ned proclaimed as he looked around frantically.