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It seemed like Hoss was growing up so fast! Look at that reach! Plus he was already learning to woo the ladies. He walked right past Mallory who insisted on following and tickling the little guy! He was more interested in the musicola, though.

He eventually changed his mind and turned his attention to Mallory, but I think that had more to do with her nagging him than anything.

It didn’t seem like the older males minded his presence. By now, they were all old, greying men and spent most of their time sleeping. It seemed like Handsome Hoss might be the girls’ best bet at having more eggs. Lucky guy!

Peony continued to make friends with Grub, our resident Grendel and Grub meanwhile kept munching on carrots and checking in with all of his norn friends. As I did my rounds, I realized just how far Grub was travelling to see his comrades. Except Mallory and Hoss, the norns were all separated from each other! Danny hung out in the tree above the garden, Peony was in the underground level of the temple. David was on the pier on the tree side. Perry was alone on the island. And Tabby was by the bees. That’s quite a rare spread for me!

It was just a matter of time before some groups started to form. Mallory and Hoss were still on their own but Tabby was now with Danny and David. Unfortunately, she didn’t seem interested in their discussion by the button and eventually moved to the paddle boat. David followed. Maybe Perry would finally have some company again?

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Mallory just couldn’t seem to eat. Between Grub stealing her food out of her hands, Perry distracting her and the lift capturing everyone and taking them for rides, Mallory just got hungrier and hungrier. I got sick of waiting for all the other creatures to move or leave her alone and did something not usually like me. I exported her and reimported her. This put her in the house but the girl was still stubborn about eating. It wasn’t until after she pushed the spinning top a few times that she would finally eat.

With her health finally recovering, I decided to hatch an egg. This time, one of the eggs I kept below the garden. This time, the baby would be male, which would give the older boys some competition. This little male would be younger than all the females and boy was he cute. I decided to name him Hoss.

Of course, not one to be forgotten, Peony became pregnant as soon as I started Hoss’ lessons. I decided to leave her on her own since she started her pregnancy with very high health and Hoss was nearly through with his lessons anyway. He was fed, given a toy, and I tried to lull him to sleep.

Finally, I could make time for Peony, who was at the very end of her pregnancy. A short trip below the ocean had her back below the Grendel tree. She began to starve but a toy and a carrot seemed to have pushed her health back up a bit. I was worried because she hadn’t yet laid her egg, but her improving health had me optimistic again. And it seemed she had that carrot just in time, too! Beside surviving to have her egg, she was also startin to recover just after pregnancy, which isn’t typical. Unfortunately, she also laid down to nap right in front of her egg, preventing me from scooping it up right away. Oh well. I can come back.

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She didn’t even fall ill before she died. At 9 hours, 7 minutes, I thought her death was premature but Cassy was a difficult eater towards the end and pregnancies always seemed very hard on her. Her health even sat at a nice 60%. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful, either.

The good news is that she’s survived by many eggs. They may have taken a toll on her, but I’m sure she’d be happy knowing she had so many children.

Speaking of having children, Mallory had a following of norns and a grendel by her side. It seemed like everyone was excited to see her egg. In fact, I guess Peony felt left out and decided to have an egg of her own, too! I now had two pregnant norns on my hands and this had me doubly excited. Perry, our excited, and happy father paced back and forth as Mallory started to lay her egg and add it to our impressive collection. Out popped this little blue thing and soon I was focusing on Peony. Including the egg Peony would soon have, we had 11 on our hands now. That’s a lot! Finally, she laid her egg and it joined the others.

Of course, I had to start thinking about introducing a new baby to the world. I could hatch one of the existing eggs or add a generation 1 baby. The gender ratio was pretty even so it really didn’t matter what I chose, in that regard. One thing was clear, though. I had to get some food in Mallory’s belly. Her health dipped as low as mid 30%!

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