Hunter and Hacker

Chapter 19: Rebel

Tonight I will finally follow Argento. I have secretly packed my bow and arrows, food, and my seeing device, which is pretty much a piece of high powered glass that can make things far away seen close. I put it in a cone shaped tube so that I wouldn't lose it. I think that I will call it a telescope cuz it sounds cool. Anyway, Argento just left. I waited a couple seconds and then followed. Argento made his way through the thick jungle and emerged on the other side about an hour or so later. He still hasn't noticed me following him. Probably because I sprinkled morose on me. Morose is a certain chemical invented by the Government that pretty much makes you "invisible to the nose". Or at least that's what the bottle says. It's the only thing that I use from the Government. Anyway, as he steps into a little clearing, I notice another figure hiding in the grass. Fearing for Argento's life, I quickly but quietly draw my bow and arrow. Argento moves closer to the figure and all of my muscles tense. Then I see the creature morph into 3 other, smaller, creatures that bound to Argento and jump onto him. Kind of like an overjoyed puppy. Puppies! That's what they are! And finally in the moonlight I glimpse what the thing in the bush was. Argento's apparent WIFE! I am so excited that I lose my footing and fall a little bit. Argento hears it and his heads shoots up as he makes his way in front of his secret family. I decide that if I wait any longer, Argento will have me by the throat. So I step out. At first, Argento charges and my hand instinctively flies to my bow. Both of us stop at the same time. Then Argento cocks his head, obviously confused. Wondering how he didn't smell or sense me following, thinking about if he should be mad about me following, and/or imagining why I would trade the time that I normally spend laying on a fluffy mat, to follow him through the dark and dangerous jungle. His wife's growling brings us out of our thoughts. Argento walks over to her and gently nuzzles her face, saying in some dog language that it was okay and that I was 'friend'. The little puffs of fur with legs bounded over to me and started trying to climb my deerskin pants. One succeeded and was soon starting on my shirt. The mother still seemed on edge so I didn't touch them, I just let them climb. I'll name the one who climbed up my pants Tin, which means 'cling' in Esperanto. He is also that dull gray color of the tin cans that I sometimes find out here. The other two are a different matter. One is a dull gray color like Tin, but smaller and a little chubbier. I will call him Bebo. Which, in Esperanto, means baby. The other one is pure white with no faults. I will call her (the only girl other than the mom in the family) Luna which means moon in Esperanto. So now we have Argento, Tin, Bebo, and Luna. The only one left is the mom. She is white with gray streaks all over her. Her name is now Kometo which means comet in guess what language? Esperanto.

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