A new piece of fanfiction in the intertexual narrative of the Cyborg Mermaid! \ud83d\ude00 Published author Katelynn E. Koontz wrote this short story about the prehistoric world that was spoken about while the Cyborg Mermaid was in her spaceship towards earth. Thank you, Katelynn!<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s here again.\u201d
\nRivet looks up, extending her neck. There, in the sky, there\u2019s a light. It\u2019s a blinking, glinting thing. He sighs. \u201cI see it.\u201d
\nThe small, many legged creature clacks its pincers together. It\u2019s half hidden by the daffodils that bloom around the brachiosaurus. \u201cIt\u2019s not natural. Harder than stone. With a thing inside.\u201d
\n\u201cJust one thing?\u201d
\n\u201cJust one thing.\u201d
\n\u201cI don\u2019t like it,\u201d announces Rivet. He turns back to the plants and takes a mouthful. The flowers are sweet against his massive tongue. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t like that you know so much about it.\u2019
\nThe insect, Arach, clicks again. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I know so much about it. I just\u2026do. I want to call it a Divina.\u201d
\n\u201cThat sounds stupid,\u201d says Rivet. He nudges his insect friend with his snout. \u201cCome on.\u201d
\nArach listens, clambering first up onto the brachiosaur\u2019s snout, and then crawling down the very long neck to settle on Rivet\u2019s back. \u201cI know it does. But it\u2019s true! And at night, I dream about \u2013 \u201c
\n\u201cA featherless creature, with fins made from shiny stone and arms too weak to carry itself. You\u2019ve told me.\u201d Rivet sighs, and the sound sends the yellow daffodil petals fluttering. \u201cI know you\u2019re worried, but I think we should just ignore it.\u201d
\nArach protests, \u201cwhat\u2019s ignoring it going to do?\u201d
\nRivet laughs. It\u2019s a deep, braying sound. \u201cIt\u2019s going to make you worry less! And that, my friend, means that I will worry less!\u201d
\nBrachiosaur\u2019s have very long legs to match their very long necks. Rivet is able to cover more ground in a few strides than Arach could hope to cover in an entire day; they\u2019ve been best friends for as long as they\u2019ve been alive, and always take good care of each other.
\nBut for once, Arach can\u2019t help but think that Rivet is wrong. As the brachiosaur moves away from the daffodil field, the insect can\u2019t help but turn around and stare up at the light. Whatever it is \u2013 whatever this Divina might be \u2013 Arach thinks that it\u2019s very important. And he thinks, too, that it must be very important he knows these things.
\n\u201cStop thinking so hard,\u201d says Rivet, after a few quiet moments.
\nArach clatters his pincers in nervous laughter. \u201cI can\u2019t help it. It\u2019s just so strange!\u201d
\n\u201cExactly!\u201d Rivet picks up his pace, until his running with a long lumbering stride that shakes the entire world. \u201cAnd strange things are never good! The best we can do is leave now and hope that it leaves in the other direction!\u201d
\n\u201cMaybe,\u201d says Arach, unconvinced but knowing he won\u2019t get anywhere. \u201cMaybe you\u2019re right. Maybe it\u2019s nothing.\u201d
\n\u201cIt is,\u201d says Rivet firmly. \u201cTrust me.\u201d
\nAnd Arach tries very, very hard to do exactly that.<\/p>\n
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