(english) Venonta Vivo (en) c28

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28. What is that?

After spending some cycles enjoying the view, both G01-S01-PR-Patrec and G01-S02-DA-Daan decided to cross the canyon, going back to the spherical shuttle. Something was odd, though. The path they took just a mere couple of hundreds cycles, was blocked by an ancient tree.

“What…” G01-S02-DA-Daan didn’t know how to finish the question.

“… is that?” said G01-S01-PR-Patrec.

“Are we sure we didn’t miss our path?”

“I just double-checked our position. I’m sure in an 83.4% that we are at the same place we crossed the canyon at.”

“I see. How possibly have this tree appeared here?”

The tree looked magnificent, aged, and complex. Its knotty purple trunk was a fusion of smaller stems intertwined intricately to form a huge, big body of more than six meters. A majestic fluffy crown at its top, huge and beautiful, full of small yellow leaves caressed softly by the wind.

“Is it me, or the tree trunk is pulsing?” asked G01-S02-DA-Daan looking the tree from afar.

“What is it made of?” answered G01-S01-PR-Patrec and stepped forward trying to get a better picture.

“We should inform Omni,” said G01-S02-DA-Daan and opened an audio channel.

“Yes?”

“You need to see this. Do you want me to open a video channel or do you prefer to come here in person?” Asked G01-S02-DA-Daan, but suddenly changed her mind. “Would you mind if I feed you a video channel?”

“Go ahead,” answered Omni. “Let’s see what you got.”

The video feed didn’t do it justice. It almost didn’t show the small lights that came from all the stems, as alien fireflies. G01-S02-DA-Daan zoomed in, to let examine some features of the twisted thick trunk, ones that showed breathing throbbing scales that waved rhythmically.

Omni stayed silent. Observing. Thinking. Worrying. “Is it alive? Is it dangerous? What is it?” Was the only things she could ask.

To be continued…

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