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Having
reached a mysterious planet, deep in uncharted space, Wil and Matilda
find themselves in peculiar circumstances. Led here by Riley, and
nearly killed in a massive explosion, they take refuge with an alien
race who call themselves the Kindred. From what they can tell, the
Kindred are silicon based lifeforms. Highly intelligent beings, they
don't speak – they are telepathic. Matilda is injured and is given
expert medical aid by one of the Kindred healers. Afterward, they sit
down for dinner – if you can call it that.
Wrinkling
her nose at the unsavory looking, pinkish gray, pulpy rectangle, she
glanced over at the cooking fire with longing. "Whatever they're
fixing smells delicious."
"I
don t think we had better try their food, I doubt their diet would
agree with us."
Matilda
took the trail food reluctantly, breaking off a piece and adding a
little water. Biting in, she shuddered. "Strawberry Beef
Supreme? Ugh! Who thinks of these things? "
Wil
took his own package nibbling experimentally at the corner. "Marc
and I developed theories over the years. First was that they simply
do the combinations at random. Second was that they spend an
inordinate amount of time thinking hard what would be the most
disgusting combinations known to mankind. My favorite, a team of
nutritionists gathered at a convention, got ripping drunk and played
Scrabble with the food pyramid. Think Strawberry Beef Supreme is bad?
I once got Mango Macaroni Surprise. The surprise was that it was
completely inedible." Grinning,
Wil ate his Strawberry Beef Supreme with great relish. It was filling
and it wasn't Mango Macaroni Surprise.
©
2016 Dellani Oakes
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