Watching the mothling playing with its un-food, Dar feels an absurd surge of affection. Which is silly, because these are aliens and she hasn't even known of their existence for as much as an hour.
But it's nice to see something innocent enjoying itself in such a harmless fashion. Sugar will eventually make a mess, though. It would have been better for the youngster to have played with the salt.
A sandbox would be the real solution, but ... surely there wouldn't be sand in the warehouses? There were some small-scale gardening supplies, she recalled, for raising houseplants or maybe even fresh herbs and greens. Maybe there was some sand for succulents.
Great, Mom, where are you going to set up a baby moth playground on a starship?
Heat, she thought, watching the other with the shrimp chips. Heat is energy. Maybe something as simple as a pot of boiling water? Or a heated skillet? Don't introduce them to the heating elements, you'll ever get them off the range.
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Re: Mothling Babysitting (Paging Dar)
Date: 2020-02-07 02:24 am (UTC)But it's nice to see something innocent enjoying itself in such a harmless fashion. Sugar will eventually make a mess, though. It would have been better for the youngster to have played with the salt.
A sandbox would be the real solution, but ... surely there wouldn't be sand in the warehouses? There were some small-scale gardening supplies, she recalled, for raising houseplants or maybe even fresh herbs and greens. Maybe there was some sand for succulents.
Great, Mom, where are you going to set up a baby moth playground on a starship?
Heat, she thought, watching the other with the shrimp chips. Heat is energy. Maybe something as simple as a pot of boiling water? Or a heated skillet? Don't introduce them to the heating elements, you'll ever get them off the range.