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Prudencia and her droid Romu had successfully annihilated all clan members hidden within the caves and were
about to leave the secret hideout when they tripped upon a dusty metallic container. The girl kneeled down to inspect
closer, only to find a frightened little rollerrat within. The creature had witnessed horrific events over
the past months, the worst being watching as it's parents, sisters and brothers were one by one, caught, grilled
and devoured by the evil humans who had inhabited these caverns. But this rollerrat had somehow managed to go unnoticed
by hiding itself well. Now it naturally assumed that Prudencia was one of "them" and thus it's first reaction
was to attack ferociously to defend itself. But the girl had a gentle aura about her and soon calmed the creature
down. It was not long till the rollerrat sat beside Prudencia in front of the roaring
fire to warm itself up. The creature felt fear no more and the trembling had subsided. In fact it
now stood absolutely still in a trance as it let the female human caress it, enjoying every second of the
attention it was getting. Those months hiding alone in the darkest coldest cavern corners had been lonely and
traumatizing, for rollerrats are very sociable creatures amongst their own. Prudencia lucklilly had some food packed
along for the mission and offered the rollerrat some, which it ate quickly. Afterwards the party left the caverns
and travelled to an area nearby inhabited by other rollerrats. The girl smiled softly as it watched the
furry ball roll off to creatures of it's kind, and turned in the other direction where the sun was setting.
"Romu, our mission was successful in more ways than one, let's go home!"
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