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“Puzzling?” said the Flooble, “But perhaps these two are not typical of

this kind of protein. Perhaps there are other humans who might reveal

more?”

He went back to the control room and started a deep scan, a probe that

could search everywhere, even UNDER THE GROUND for samples.

“Aha!” said the Flooble, when he saw a bright dot moving under a hill,

“That could be what I’m looking for! A human trying to escape from

me! Fast, resourceful, intelligent… I WANT THAT ONE!”

The Flooble tried to reach the bright dot with his transporter beam, but

it couldn’t reach through so much clay. After several failed attempts, the

Flooble leaned back in his chair and smiled.

“I’ll have to catch this little bag of protein some other way!” he said

with a three hundred tooth smile.