had this written a while ago...just was lazy in posting it...sorry...
Chapter 4
Spider was resting not far from the lake, the trio of sliglets exploring nearby. They knew not to wander far, but Spider still kept an eye on them. They were growing fast, and Spider could no longer pick them up with his face tentacles with ease. He was also starting to see the different personalities in them:
Ner was always poking his snout into things, yet was the first to run when something startled them. Spider thought this was a rather odd combo of traits…
Rik was the smallest and always lost when the trio got into one of their spats over who was the most dominant. Yet he was stubborn and always came back for more, just to get his tail whooped again. His stubborn nature reminded him of Scrawny…
Bas was turning out to have a good-natured attitude. He was always the first one to call to him when one of them was in trouble. He also had a tendency to break up the fights when they were getting too rough. He also seems to have taken interest in the medics for some strange reason…
There was a startled squeak and, as usual, Ner came scampering out of a patch of grass and buried himself underneath one of Spider's arms.
"What startled yer this time?" Spider rumbled softly. Then he heard Bas call to him and he immediately got up and padded over, Ner having promptly relocated himself onto Spider's back.
He peeked into the grass patch to see what Bas was calling about. There, next to Bas and Rik, was another sliglet. This was a little larger then the others, telling Spider that he was a little bit older then those of his brood. He wasn't in good shape though. He looked like he hadn't eaten in a while and had several nasty looking bruises on him. Spider sniffed and scented a slig he didn't know.
Spider's face crinkled up in disgust, Seems like he was beaten and left for dead by another slig. he thought, a slight angry growl escaping his throat. He nuzzled the unfortunate sliglet gently, to see if there was still life in him. There was. In the next instant, the sliglet had suddenly clamped down onto one of Spider's tentacles with his jaws, causing Spider to yelp in surprise. He shook his head gently, trying to get the sliglet off without hurting him, but the sliglet held firm.
"Well," Spider said with a sigh, "If yer want ter be carried back ter the village like this so be it.."
He rumbled to Rik and Bas, and they climbed onto him, joining Ner on his back. Spider then started on the track back to the village, the new sliglet still hanging off him by his jaws...
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