first," said Bulma, crossing her arms. "Where did we end up here and who is sending you?"
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“You are here in the heart of the planet Irhyd and I am the Great Guardian's agent. Don't be afraid, the Great Guardian has noted your arrival with benevolence and wants to grant you your wishes.You just have to follow me and you will experience everything and understand everything. "
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"That sounds way too easy for my taste." Vegeta crossed his arms and furrowed his eyebrows.
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Bulma was actually a little relieved that she could postpone her confession a little longer and gave herself a jerk.
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"We should follow him, Vegeta. Standing around here doesn't get us a step further." Her hand felt for his. "We go together, yes?"
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The stranger saw it and nodded. "It's not far and you will be amazed."
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While he was still speaking, a door opened silently behind him, through which he must have come in the dark. A lighted corridor lay before them. Vegeta frowned. Didn't he look like the one where he was almost frozen in a dream. Bulma squeezed his hand and took the first step. Vegeta actually wanted to pull his hand out of hers because he didn't need a guide.But then he felt the faint trembling of her fingers. Apparently the shock of the fall was still in her bones and he didn't want her to get hysterical. So he gave the gentle pressure back. Vegeta didn't like to admit it, but it felt good walking hand in hand almost like a ...
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He couldn't get the thought to the end. They had walked about twenty meters when he felt a faint breeze and a pleasant warmth, like sunlight shining on his face.
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"That ... that is unbelievable!" Bulma kept her mouth open in amazement. When they had stepped through the door at the end of the corridor, a landscape had spread out in front of them that seemed to come from a vacation catalog. A blue sky stretched where there should have been a cave ceiling. A sun shone instead of lamps and under their feet was white sand. "Do you hear it, Vegeta? Do you hear the sea?"
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Yes, there was the sound of waves, the smell of moisture, salt, and fish. "How does a sea get underground in this world?" He asked aloud.
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"The Great Keeper made this habitat for you," their guide readily explained. "It was taken from the information on your on-board computer, where it is described as a" romantic vacation destination "."
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"Why did this guardian create a" romantic vacation destination "for us? And how does he get the information from our computer?" Asked Bulma, both surprised and alert.
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The door closed silently behind them.
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"The Great Guardian wanted to know what environment their species found stimulating."
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"Stimulating, what for?" Asked Vegeta. "To question us?"
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"But not. The Great Guardian already knows everything there is to know from your on-board computer, and you both were also observed for quite a while, so that the environment was perfect."<br />
"What for?" Asked Vegeta. "Why this effort?"
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"Because this environment is conducive to the genetic reproduction of warm-blooded mammals of the female species."
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Bulma's jaw dropped. "Repro ... mammals ... females ...? Are we in a zoo?"
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"According to his calculations regarding the gestation time and the age of the female, you will both spend the next twenty years of your calendar in this and other habitats until the quota of 23 offspring is met. The Great Guardian does you the honor of being those creating a new population of intelligent mammals on Irhyd. "
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End of the 13th part
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I'm looking forward for comments. Please let me know if I am not dragging the story off too long. Somehow I don't feel like letting it end now, but it depends on you ...
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