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The four dinosaurs have been wandering the Mysterious Beyond for the last few hours; and the heat seemed to be getting to them.
“It’s so hot out here,” Kosh complained.
The other three nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, the four of them saw Topsy walking up to them. He clearly had a run-in with Red Claw, Screech and Thud. However, his wounds weren’t bleeding; all he had was some claw marks on his face, some blood on his horn when he inflicted a flesh wound on Screech and he bled to death. Red Claw and Thud managed to escape with their lives, though.
“Oh, dear; are you all right?” Grandma asked.
“Do I look like I’m all right? Huh, do I?” Topsy snarled.
“Is that any way to talk to a lady?” Grandpa demanded.
Topsy lowered his head in shame.
“I appreciate you sticking up for me; but, I’ll excuse the rudeness this once,” Grandma told him before she looked down at Topsy.
Soon enough, Topsy looked up at the elderly female.
“I’m so-”
“I know you’re sorry; that must have been quite a fight you had with those guys; so, you managed to kill Screech,” Grandma stated.
Topsy nodded.
“Although, I didn’t get out of the fight unscathed; I have good scratches on my face, Thud head butted me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me; thankfully, I hadn’t eaten too much, so it wasn’t too bad; although, Screech was downwind of me; I never should have eaten all that stinkweed and swamp sticks before bed last night; those things give me indigestion; then again, all this stress still causes me to experience stomach pain, which is fairly common,” Topsy explained.
The other dinosaurs nodded.
“Well, I’m just glad you’re not seriously hurt; but, I have just one question…WHAT THE HELL WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU RAN OFF THIS MORNING?! WE WERE ALL WORRIED SICK!” Kosh shouted.
“You? Worried sick about me? And here I thought you’d be more worried about not having enough to eat, much less worry about me,” Topsy retorted.
Ariel fought back the urge to laugh at Topsy’s retort to Kosh.
“There’s no need for such childish behavior, you two; Kosh, you could have settled this in a more mature way instead of shouting,” Grandma said.
“She sure told you,” Topsy remarked to Kosh.
“Oh, shut up! At least I didn’t run off to the Mysterious Beyond to try and get killed,” Kosh snarled.
“I needed some time to think, all right?” Topsy retorted.
“Boys…” Grandma scolded the younger males.
Topsy and Kosh sighed since they knew they couldn’t argue with the elderly female. It was a long walk back to the Great Valley; and thanks to the heat, it made the walk seem twice as long.
“I’m beat,” Ariel stated with a yawn.
“You can ride on my back for a while if you want,” Topsy offered.
Ariel smiled. However, she had Topsy lower himself to the ground before she got on his back. Upon getting herself comfortable, Topsy stood back up and they all continued on the path back to the Great Valley.
