The Crystal - 31 What was your life like?

Few days passed by since Zohaifa and Marium were destroying the hill. They felt a little guilty that they had to destroy the habitats of the animals. But things are going fine for now. All the animals left the hill when they sensed the explosions at the beginning of the training. The hill was close to being destroyed.

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Plasma blasts are being shot by Zohaifa and Marium. A little bit of sweat moistened their skin. That is when some ants the size of an average person’s feet started appearing. Zohaifa looked at these gigantic ants and said, “Where are they coming from?”

“Look it is coming from a hole in the hill,” pointed Marium. Then she took the finger and started biting on the nails moving onto deep thinking, “Wait a minute. Red foot sized ants, create holes deep in the hill… They are the Siezegor Ants! But I thought they were extinct from this forest.”

“So, what are these Siezegor ants?”

“They were a species of ant thought to be extinct from this forest. They have a really venomous paralyzing bite. They are strong due to their size. So, they form their base inside a hill instead of an ant pit.”

“Okay. That was interesting. Now, let us continue training.”

But then Marium’s lips shook like they are almost about to cry.

“What now?”

“I don’t want them to be destroyed.”

“How are we going to continue the training then?”

She looked at Zohaifa’s face with sparkly eyes vibrating slowly and harmoniously. Zohaifa sighed, “Okay, we will clear them out first.”

“Yay!”

Zohaifa tried poking the holes with a stick, but the ants got mad and attempted to bite him. He tried provoking the ants and running away to lead to another direction, but the ants didn’t understand that he was provoking. In short, from morning to mid-noon, they were busy with the ants. But then the clouds covered the sky and the wind started to blow fast.

“A storm is coming!” exclaimed Zohaifa.

“Quick! We need to find a cave,” proclaimed Marium.

The storm actually gathered an opportunity for them to rest. They were down and out working the whole day. They sat inside a cave faintly illuminated. A few moments of silence prevailed. Zohaifa enjoyed the view. He always liked storms even back when he was on Earth. He loved the feeling when the strong wind lifted his hair and the water mixed with it refreshed his face. The lightning felt like fireworks. But Marium could not just sit still. She marched here and there in the cave, roamed around, joined Zohaifa in sight-seeing, and at last could not hold her boredom any longer.

“Zohaifa don’t you know of anything fun to do?”

“I don’t know nothing’s coming to my mind now.”

“How about you tell me a story?”

“Story? But I only know boring old grandpa stories.”

“What was your life like on Earth?” she asked

“Strange question. What kind of answer do you expect?”

“Like how was your family like? What sort of interaction did you have with others? You know, things like that.”

“I always considered myself to be a normal guy. But if you ask anyone who knows me would tell that I was a strange guy.”

“Please tell me more.”