Yup! Already. This is exciting! This is the first set of successful parents I’ve ever had in C1. Normally I jump the gun and adopt a whole bunch of eggs at once just to have them get sick or fail to mate before they die of old age. Hooray for AppleJack and Patrick!
Sadly, their little girl had just the problem that I suspected she would. Because Hunger Decrease didn’t actually decrease her hunger (boredom instead) she was in a state of constant hunger. She grew up quickly and it looked like she’d entered adolescence at only 15 minutes old! I fear the stress of always feeling hunger was affecting her aging. I’m going to have to keep her from breeding, sadly. The last thing I want is a population of norns that are always miserable, and I hope you agree.
The whole family got together after AppleJack laid her third egg. The only norn missing from this picture is Patrick. With both of the ladies smacking away his advances, he busied himself in the tree, carrying a ball with him.
Later, they branched off so AppleJack was resting in the garden, Abigail stayed nearby to visit her mom and Godfried strayed into the jungle. Since everyone was becoming more independent, I decided to introduce a new gen one baby.
Off to the hatchery! I decided to choose a lady this time to increase the odds of new eggs. We can hope it works out that way. I don’t want Abigail breeding, anyway.
Meet Penny!
LOBES120 5 0 Emb B MutDup Lobe #= 6 Dendrite Type 0: Input Lobe=8, Min#=129, Max#=128, Spread=0, Fanout=8
Normally, the minimum is 128. I still don’t know much about the norn brain but the math here is what confuses me. Logically, you can’t have a maximum number that’s lower than the minimum number. She doesn’t seem too badly effected, though so I don’t think there’s a real issue.
She was educated, fed and took a brief nap. Soon, she was playing with the ball and I left for a moment to check on the others.
