The slowdown in eggs was nice and I was tempted to have more groups like this – a high concentration of one sex but only one member of the other at a time. Of course, I would have to alternate this to keep the sexes well balanced, but I didn’t want to get overwhelmed with eggs. I still hadn’t decided with to do with them, short of posting them for adoption or eliminating them.
Cassy didn’t seem to be in any rush to have any more eggs, though, which, in a way, was good.
What wasn’t good was finding that Danny had eaten some of the Death Cap mushroom below the swamp. He slept and Cassy got in the way, but I watched his health drop. He did manage to eat some honey and he stared at a carrot for a long time before finally eating it. With his health on the up again, I was finally comfortable to let him fall asleep. Good thing I noticed!
Bobby, David and Perry spent their time on the island looking at parsnips and tickling each other and Aidan was by the bees, enjoying his endless supply of honey. Cassy still loitered by the clock in the tree and a quick peek at Danny showed that he was still sleeping near the air tram. While he snoozed, I tried to send him Aidan’s way so that the two could have some company but Danny woke before arriving and moved it back to the right.
Just then, Aidan’s age creeped up to 13 hours. I started to speculate that he’d been paused when he went catatonic in a previous world. The poor old guy was in a state, but the event might have contributed to his longevity. Who knows, now? In any case, I wondered how old he would bet before he finally passed away.
