Y sat at the table holding one hand carefully around the neck keeping the head in place and away from his fingers as he held a spoon before it with a tiny bit of meat that it tried to get closer to but he held it back. “Skree!” it sounded but he waited until it had calmed down a bit more before giving the meat to it and it swallowed it quickly and he felt the food go down in the throat of it before getting a new tiny bit and repeated the progress. He kept doing this until it had learned to calm down before he would allow it to get the meat, it didn’t like it but started to understand what he wanted.
Di told him she had to head back to her own world for the yearly health cheek up that she had to do once a year and she could be gone a week or a whole month. She told him he could not go there with her worried of what might happen if she took him there, the humans would want to take a closer look at him on the base as well as any little one she was a mother to. She was sure the humans could tell something was new with her, just they might not figure out what. Until she returned he had to keep watch over this child of theirs and keep it alive until she returned.
It was tiny enough to lay on his shoulder and very light as well but he had a box to place it in to be sure it sucked up moist through the root like feet it had. The box was filled with a small layer of earth and grass grew there so it would be soft for the little one to rest on. He talked to it a little as it seems to listen to what he said. He knew Di had said she was sure it was a female but it only smelled like fresh grass and naming it was one thing they would have to talk about. He had a few ideas of what to name it but Di said it had to be something it would listen to, something it would like maybe.
He gave another spoon with a bit of meat to it and it swallowed the meat before quickly grabbing on to the spook with its maw not letting go at all. As he tested to push the spoon towards it, it let go a little but it seems to be licking at the spoon. He watched wondering in his own way as he held the spoon close to it until a half hour later when about half of the spoon was gone and he felt on it with a claw as he poked at it. While doing so the little one yawned and laid down to rest breathing calmly as he investigated the spoon closer with his fingers.
Soon he noticed that it felt like it had melted away, like someone had poured acid at it or dipped the spoon in acid or something that could melt metal away. He was quite surprised at getting to find out about this before he stroked the little one along it’s back, feeling the little grass like hair that was there, it was really soft he could tell before placing down what was left of the spoon next to it before he sat there on the chair enjoying the calm weather and his alone time with their first little one, maybe they will get another one that be beautiful like this one as well, he smiled to himself.
