Chapter 9 Oscar and Lenny (1/2)
”Hey, hey! Where are you going?” Lenny asked John as he saw that John walking toward the other tunnel.
”I'm going to investigate. My PIPS is receiving some radio signal coming from there” John indifferently answered.
”What? Are you mad? Don't you remember the monster that just came from there?”
”Mother Poptops are extremely competitive, aggressive and protective creatures. They wouldn't allow another Mother Poptop, or any type of creature, to make a nest near their own. In other words, the path is cleaned from any possible threat”
”Okay, I get it. But wasn't your job as a Protector, or something like that, to protect the weak, innocent and whatever?”
”You? Weak? Innocent?” John amusedly laughed, ”You are way better than me, a trained soldier, in using weapons, even in face of danger you are able to stay calm. This is peculiarities earned only by experience, a lot of it”
”Well... But aren't I a suspect of the murder?” Lenny curiously asked.
”Not anymore. When I threw the handcuffs you placed them without hesitation, and when I was facing danger you didn't take the chance to kill me. But Oscar, on the other hand, hesitated to put the handcuffs and when danger arrived he left immediately fled, leaving us both behind without hesitation and blew the entrance of the tunnel, trapping us here”
”Uh. You really observed well...”
”Of course. Observation skills are one of the basic one if you want to be a Terrene Protectorate” John proudly said.
”Whatever...”
John stopped walking and looked at Lenny who was behind him, ”Why are you following me?”
”I can't mine all of that alone you know. I didn't bring enough food to stay here for 7 days” Lenny shrugged his shoulders.
”What makes you think I have enough food?”
”Because you looked pretty calm when you said that we need to stay here for that long”
John facepalmed himself, [Great... now I have an extra mouth to feed] John sighed, [Think positive John. He is a person in need. Right, that's it! I'm only helping a person in need]
”Alright you can tag along”
”I would whatever you wanted or not”