Liberty’s birth meant Jonathan had more daughters than I counted on. This was good news for Donny, Dodger and Jonathan himself (relax please, inbreeding isn’t detrimental to or recognized by the creatures in this game) since they all had plenty of opportunities to further their lines. I would introduce some competition when I introduced my next Generation 1 creatures, but for now, these boys have it easy.
Speaking of boys, the final egg contained a boy! Paul, as you can see, is very similar to his older brother Donny, with the exception of his arms and their coloration. Then again, with similar sprites, it’s easy to say that norns closely resemble each other, isn’t it?
After the eggs were finally all hatched and the babies all imported from the previous world, I was able to spend most of my time hovering around, filling hollow coconuts with water. The Norns here seemed awfully thirsty, and I wasn’t about to deny them water. I did try to encourage some exploration by moving one baby, Paul, into the level below the incubator. A handful of other norns took the elevator down and I waited for the group to spread out.
I switched the hand to invisible and silently followed them around. Some norns were doing better with fewer norns around and others seemed to be having trouble getting along. Donny and Paul even got into a fight that got Paul knocked back.
Before long, Clarise had another egg. Part of me worried that Nova Subterra genes wouldn’t be making an impact on the world at the rate that Clarise was producing eggs. I decided not to worry too much, but it would still be a problem I had to address in the future.
