After leaving storage with a disappointed face.
"how am I supposed to satisfy my hunger with this?"
I said looking at a piece of meat that was about 200 grams.
"Not to mention water, where do I get water from?
I can probably survive for a few days without food, but without water I will die pretty quickly.
hmm, actually I don't even feel thirsty after almost a day, maybe these lizards can live longer without water than a human?
I haven't seen any source of water anywhere and I don't think it rains often here looking at this dry and rocky terrain.
It's quite dark here, as if the sun is still behind the clou..."
I stopped my train of thought when I looked at the sky, or more like:
"ceiling?
what?
are you telling me I am underground?
and this ceiling is good 100 meters high.
actually, looking around, this nest is in some kind of crater in cave?
or a large hole.
I started looking around the neighborhood.
Apart from the hatchery and the sotrage, I noticed two other larger buildings and holes in the walls from which lizards sometimes came and went.
"Actually, I can visit this nest today, maybe I'll learn something useful."
I eat piece of meat and headed towards one of the big buildings that I haven't visited yet.
"hmm, it's a bit smaller than storage and in a bit better condition, at least it doesn't have as many boarded up holes."
I entered through the door which was also made of stone but was open and I didn't have to wrestle with it.
in the buildnig was a large hall in which there were many beds carved from stone.
"barracks?
no, quite a few have bandages on them?
looks like made of plant leaves.
is this a hospital?
if so, these lizards are more advanced than I thought"
"hey hatchling, what happened that you came to the White Den?"
A voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"hmm he is much less muscular and a bit shorter than the rest of the lizard but his fingers are much longer and the color of his scales are dark blue?
interesting" I thought
"I recently hatched and decided to do some sightseeing.' I said.
"to explore you say, well, rarely hatchlings do anything other than they are told at birth. you are a curious specimen I must say." he said looking at me curiously.
"maybe you'll grow up to be a smart lizard unlike those dull muscleheads," he said, looking at the lizard that lay on the stone beds.
"it would be much more convenient to focus on my research if I had more claw lizard in a White Den to take care of these morons." he said, not hiding his dissatisfaction.
"claw lizard?
there are chance to grow in different versions?
not just one?
how it's working?
Hmm, interesting, I thought
"Okay, go away, I have a lot of stuff to do and if you not hurt then go awey, I don't want to waste any more time!" he said and went to one lizard on the bed.
"hmm, I only see two other lizards like him here.
if all the lizards i've seen so far are the most basic version they can grow?
or are they in the middle of growing?
or just they mutant of they spiecie?
I should have asked when I had the chance!
now he'll probably throw me out of here if I try to occupy his time."
I left and started walking to the last building, which was similar in size to the hospital but in much better condition, probably built not too long ago.
there were two lizards at the entrance and they were guarding, when I approached and wanted to enter, they stopped me.
"What are you doing hatchling?
something happened in the mine?" one of them asked me
"No, I just wanted to look around the nest,
So what is this bulding that I can't get in?" I asked
They looked at me for a moment and said
"so you're slacking?"he told me and he look at me intensely
"hmm that look dangerous" I thought
"No! I was digging today and traded for food. While i was eating I wanted to see what this place was." I said with an innocent smile, but my lizard face didn't look nice at all as I showed my teeth.
"You'll get away with it this time because I see you're a new hatchling, but be careful if you meet our leader or advisor and they see you slacking off, you won't go unpunished." he said
"leader and advisor? So is there some herarchy here?
well, if they have a hospital, it's no wonder that they have a fixed hierarchy,
but I bet the one with the bigger fists rules here." I thought
"so this house belongs to the leader?" I asked
"It's more used for preparations for larger hunts or rituals, but the leader and advisor also sleep here." he said
"ritual? I wonder if there is a god they believe in?
Would it be polite to ask him if that or would be too much?
seems like nice person, so he just probably it won't hurt me out for it, so it's worth a try"
"ritual?" I asked
"I forgot you're a new hatchling, they can barely talk but when I talk to you it feels like I'm talking to a grown up warrior." he hissed slightly, which sounded like a light chuckle
"rituals that are done when a warrior defeats a strong beast like Ash drake or one of the megafaune, and then rituals is carried out where the killer takes some power and ability from the beast, but it has been a long time since the last ritual, the current leader is not as good a fighter as the previous on..." before the lizard finished his sentence the lizard the next to him hit him in the leg
"shut up, when the leader hears you, you'll be in big trouble, you know very well that he don't like being compared to the previous one." he said
"I know, but I hope soon someone more worthy will replace him," he said lightly
"go new hatchling, you don't want to be sandbage for leader when he sees you.' he said in a gentle voice
"Okay, thanks for the info." I said and walked towards the mine.