Munster takes Rand through the destroyer's interior at a painful time when Simon faces the greatest crisis of his life. It's not too simple, it's one thing to invade a destroyer to destroy its interior and wipe out its crew, it's another thing to act inside a full cabin and hide the two men. What's more, Rand is now getting closer and closer to an ordinary human, and the amazing climbing ability and mobility are close to nothing as the wound on his body heals, which makes the whole sneak more difficult.
Perhaps because the secret experiment that took place in Alaska was too bizarre and shocking, the personnel organization structure inside the entire destroyer was much stricter than the normal navy. There are three shifts of agents and special forces patrolling the ship twenty-four hours a day, carefully and closely monitoring another group of people on board... those who may be transformed into Siren subjects.
Rand didn't want to have too much contact with Simon, he needed a quieter and more secluded space to think and examine everything that person said - he had to stay on this ship with Munster for about half a month, The conditions for the selection of temporary housing locations have thus become more stringent.
Thank goodness Munster quickly found a good spot (in fact it seemed to be naturally good at it) while Rand was agonizing over it—a gap between the destroyer's mess room freezer and the air-conditioning vent.
Munster corroded the structure of the air-conditioning port with his own saliva, and then climbed into the slightly narrow space with Rand in his arms.
Compared with other areas densely covered with monitors, the air-conditioning port of a cold storage is definitely not a place that anyone will pay attention to. After all, the temperature here is low enough that even if someone really wants to stay here, the next day It will also become a hard sculpture - like those lamb shanks on the rack and high-grade beef cooked in low temperatures (the latter usually only found on the dinner plates of high-ranking officers).
But as long as you take the temperature out of the equation, you'll find this is an excellent location.
It's very quiet, the air is clean, and the chefs only come in and out at a certain time... Compared with the trained soldiers, these chefs are not vigilant about their surroundings at all. According to Rand's observation, all they really care about is stealing Bring on board marijuana and alcoholic beverages.
After confirming that they would spend the remaining half a month in the freezer, Munster told Rand, with an incomprehensible frenzy, that it would build a nest for him here.
After so long, Rand finally saw Munster's amazing nesting style again.
Munsters begin to secrete a very specific mucus, which at first takes on a translucent jelly-like appearance, but soon after exposure to air they harden into a pale grey substance, which is colour-wise The color of the material inside the air-conditioning duct is exactly the same, and the texture is somewhat resin-like but the surface layer is slightly elastic. Its ability to shape is very good, and Rand was surprised to find that after fixing the outer layer, Munster began to build a smaller cocoon-shaped nest in the inner layer. Different from the gray of the outer layer, the cocoon shell of the inner layer is translucent pale white, and the inner volume is between 1.7X2.5M, which is larger than Rand imagined, but…
Rand crouched down, took a careful look around the lair, and frowned slightly at Munster's massive, muscular body.
It is conceivable that when the two of them enter here together, the whole space will be very crowded... Rand is not sure if Munster did this on purpose, it should be made a little more spacious.
"You, do you like it?"
At this moment when Randello was a little hesitant, Munster fled from him into the new lair of the two of them, and then only showed one head, looking at Rand with shining eyes.
The scales on its tail are slightly raised, and it swings rapidly inside the nest, grinding the interior of the nest through the sharp edges of the scales.
When Rand went in again, he found that the interior of the entire lair had become very smooth and comfortable... but on the ceiling, there were still many strange objects inlaid, for example, polished spoon backs, glass Marbles, and some Christmas tree decorations that appear to be made in China—the little monster aesthetic still stubbornly plays a role in this small world.
The tops of the outer shell and inner shell are glued together and fixed above the pipe, while there is a hollow layer of about ten centimeters between the two smooth ellipsoids below - Munster is like entering a coral bush. The clownfish going in and out usually spends the night sneaking back and forth between indoors and out, and Rand really doesn't know where it got all the suspicious bird feathers, shards of insulation foam from the insulation, and other padding. thing. These thermal materials are carefully stuffed into the hollow layer of the nest. In general, this "nesting" is no different from "nesting" in the true sense - the kind you'll see on Discovery shows, where small animals choose a certain species during the breeding season. position, and then painstakingly used various materials to build a "nest" behavior. It's just that on the Discovery Show, it's birds, some tropical fish and some reptiles that build their nests. The nesting behavior that Rand was in front of was done by a muscular monster with a body length of nearly three meters.
By the way, the monster also vomits its own slime as a natural building material...
Rand didn't help much, and was ordered by the enthusiastic little monster to rest in Simon's room for a short time. During this period, Munster completely immersed himself in the joy of nesting.
There's no way you can describe its joy and frenzy—but you can realize that its deep-seated biology is at work. Even the tedious and tedious nesting process can make it a treat. It even hummed a song involuntarily, so that in the end Simon couldn't bear to give Rand an ultimatum to tell Munster to restrain himself, knowing that because of the monster's "singing", the destroyer's radar system has appeared several times. malfunctioned.
Rand felt very… subtle about it.
He didn't know how to describe how he felt - embarrassed? Oh, yes, Munster's excessively animalistic nesting behavior made him "well-received" indeed have an embarrassment that was difficult to describe in words, but on the other hand, he felt very warm.
The word was a bit nasty to say, but Rand couldn't avoid it.
That's where Rand and Munster are going to live next, after all, and Munster has put his heart and soul into making him happy and comfortable (you see, it even takes into account the beauty of the lair - not for now, of course. mention its illusion of its own aesthetic).
When Rand was taken to the ventilation duct again, he was almost astonished at the ingenious lair that appeared in front of him.
Its shell is an amazing geometric shape, and the shell that has no color difference with the ventilation duct is very deceptive. Even if someone is really climbing up the duct and peeking in, the geometric shape of the nest shell he sees is also very confusing. It just made him think he saw some special artificial filtering device.
And inside the nest, the oval-shaped space is just enough for Rand and Munster to hug each other.
One of Simon's quilts was mercilessly confiscated by Munster and placed in the lair. Compared to the cold and dry outside environment, the interior of this nest is as warm as spring.
"I'll get some more pillows. So you can sleep better!" Munster slapped his tail lightly behind Rand. Rand glanced away at its scales, gleaming with joy—Munster's appearance now inexplicably reminded Rand of some kind of bird on an archipelago whose breasts bulge in courtship—its kind. A strange and strong sense of pride made Rand's cheeks warm as a human being.
But anyway, when Rand climbed into the lair and lay down on the soft bedding, he couldn't help letting out a soft sigh of comfort.
Very comfortable.
No one can deny this.
Munster also crawled in after Rand, because of its existence, Rand had to adjust his posture, his head rested on Munster's shoulder, and Munster's tail was caught in Rand between the legs. His chest was pressed against Munster's sturdy pectoral muscles, leaning against the strong monster like a small pigeon. The two of them are now lying in this small space like the most intimate lovers in the world. The dim light and the closed shell may be a little oppressive to some people, but they perfectly appease some of the unstable parts of Rand's heart. The secret sense of security is as tight as Munster's warm embrace at this time. Wrap Rand.
Munster's hair had a very soft, tiny glow in the dark.
They are a mild pink now.
"You, do you like it?"
Its eyes were glued to Rand's face, and then it asked a little nervously.
Rand felt his cheeks heat up.
"I...I like it."
He says.
Reach out and stroke Munster's hair (where his fingers touch, the strands of hair will glow stronger).
"Thank you, Munster. Thank you for everything you've done for me."
Munster's tail rubbed excitedly against his ankle, and Rand could feel its scales open slightly.
He had thought he would be greeted with Munster's customary, puppy affection. But after he said this, Munster did not show his pleasure as recklessly as before.
It just lay there, hugging Rand, and smiled silly, baring pointy white teeth between its lips.
It's as if too much joy has made it completely stupid.
"You, you like it, just like it."
Munster stammered.
After the voice fell, a sweet, gelatinous silence fell between the two.
For a while, they didn't move, and then suddenly, as natural as a drop of water, their lips pressed together. It's not because of the heat inside the body, or the hard rules of the outside world... Rand just thinks it's only natural that he should kiss the stiff big man at the tip of his nose.
Then he realized with great astonishment that, unlike the appearance, Munster's lips were as soft as some kind of pudding, and he couldn't help but nibble lightly on its lower lip with his teeth.
Munster's pupils instantly shrank into a thin line.
It suddenly turned over and pressed Rand under its own body. It looked as if it wanted to swallow Rand completely into its stomach, and its red eyes shone like a beast in the darkness.
But when it became aware of its slightly rude behavior, a dark image flashed ghostly in its memory—it froze for a moment.
It stared down at Rand and muttered in confusion.
"Rand... I... I... "
Rand immediately understood what it was scrutinizing after realizing its momentary stiffness.
His eyes widened slightly, and after a short hesitation, he reached out and hooked Munster's neck.
They fit together very, very intimately, as if there were no gaps between them...