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Chapters (21)
  1. Shadow Sun
  2. Chapter One
  3. Chapter Two
  4. Chapter Three
  5. Chapter Four
  6. Chapter Five
  7. Chapter Six
  8. Chapter Seven
  9. Chapter Eight
  10. Chapter Nine
  11. Chapter Ten
  12. Chapter Eleven
  13. Chapter Twelve
  14. Chapter Thirteen
  15. Chapter Fourteen
  16. Chapter Fifteen
  17. Chapter Sixteen
  18. Chapter Seventeen
  19. Chapter Eighteen
  20. Chapter Nineteen
  21. Acknowledgements

“Sleep well, little buddy.  Stay here, okay?  You’ll be warm enough, and protected under this carport roof.”

Allistor felt silly, mothering the bear cub.  Using his passphrase to open the back door, he went inside and closed it behind him.  A few minutes later he came back out with a small pot filled with water and set that in the truck before going back inside and closing the door.

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Thirteen

The Park is the Thing

Allistor spent some time in the back room going through inventory as the sun set and darkness fell over the Outpost.   Every hour or so he peeked out the back door to check on the cub, who was snoring contentedly, still wrapped in the blanket.

When he crawled into bed in the commander’s quarters several hours later, he had fashioned a harness of sorts.  If he was going to keep the bear with him, he’d need to be able to control it to some extent.  The heavy rope harness looked much like a standard dog harness that wound under the chest and around the torso.   Snorting at the ridiculousness of walking a bear cub like a dog on a leash, Allistor rolled over and went to sleep.

The sound of howling canids or wolves woke him in the wee hours of the morning.  He got up and went out back to check on Fuzzy.  The cub was awake and alert, huddled in his blanket and breathing rapidly.  He patted the bear’s head.  “Don’t worry, Fuzzy.  They won’t get in here.”

Still, he sat with the cub until the howling receded, scratching his head and whispering.  At some point, both man and cub fell back asleep.

As the sun came up, Allistor awoke in the back of the truck, blanket and bear both draped across his chest. He shivered as he slid out from under them and the cold air hit him.  Needing to pee, he went inside and used the facilities.  When he returned, Fuzzy was out of the truck, having dragged his blanket with him.  He trotted over to Allistor, tripping over the blanket twice, and plopped down in front of him. He licked his bear lips, staring deep into Allistor’s eyes.

Congratulations!  You have learned the skill: Taming

By showing kindness to a helpless animal and tending to its needs, you have earned its trust and loyalty. The animal has bound itself to you as your companion.  For more information, please review the ‘Companions’ section of your interface.

And there it was.  Allistor had himself a pet.  Not like Max, but a bound pet that he could level up and take into combat with him.   And right now his fuzzy bear was looking at him hungrily.  “You are going to be hard to feed when you get bigger.” He sighed, removing another turtle steak and tossing it to Fuzzy.