Playing in advance was a good move. As Sobek had predicted, some of the dinosaurs on guard had overheard many humans arguing among themselves about whether or not to make requests, and it hadn't even been an hour since Al's 'disobedience'.
Dreyfus and Malcolm, like many more shrewd ones, had begun to fear the worst. Like Sobek, they too imagined that things would quickly degenerate.
Fortunately, Old Li's public announcement calmed everyone's mind. Knowing that governments around the world wanted to negotiate had rekindled hope in the hearts of humans who were now more likely to wait a little longer. In a flash, every source of revolt was extinguished; even the most belligerent agreed that it was appropriate to observe how the situation would develop.
The other announcement, namely the one in which Old Li passed off Sobek's promise to bring families together as a gift, was received even better: the parents who had been separated from their children almost cried a
"Jocelyne!" Jersey was quite angry. “Go back to your room! This is not your business!"The girl didn't move. "Is this a case of national security that could put the entire population of Odaria at risk?"Jersey was amazed by her daughter's behavior. It was the first time he'd felt her tongue so sharp. "Yes, it is…""And am I part of the Odaria population?""Of course…"“Then I'm really afraid that this is a business that concerns me all right. It concerns everyone, actually”Jocelyne said as she entered the room completely. "And given the way the conversation is going, I would say it is my duty to point out that you are all wrong"Jersey was pissed off at her daughter's temper, but the other heads of the household were shocked. For a backward-minded nation like Odaria it was already absurd to think that a son would talk to his father like that in public, let alone a daughter. "You should discipline your daughter
“Will you go to negotiate? Are they crazy?" Jackson exclaimed.Jocelyne expected that reaction from her guard, but still she couldn't help but sigh in exhaustion. She had really had enough of screaming and scolding for that day.When the meeting was over, her father took her to his study and gave her a really bad time. Markus Jersey had never been so proud of her daughter before, but that hadn't stopped him from unloading on her an endless series of reproaches at the speed of 8 per second until the girl was almost deaf.Her mother had reacted even worse. As soon as she discovered that her daughter had dared to intervene without permission at the meeting, speak so brazenly to the heads of the families and even agreed to be the ambassador who would go to confer with a monstrous group of talking dinosaurs, she had raging like a bull. Jocelyne had very noticeable slap marks on her face and she was pretty sure that her mother would keep beating her until she pa
Finally, after almost two weeks, everything was ready.The Odaria government had proposed to lend the delegation some luxury cars, but Jocelyne had categorically refused: given the desert environment they were going to, it was more convenient to move around with jeeps. In reality, that was just an excuse: Jocelyne suspected that someone would try to sabotage the delegation, so he preferred to move with vehicles from his garage, where he knew for sure that no one had planted bombs.Jackson immediately agreed with this choice, and so did Chloe: they both agreed that moving within their own means was safer. So they had prepared a couple of jeeps to transport them and their escort inside the territory of the dinosaurs.The auction had ended a few days earlier and Jocelyne had earned five million from it, which he had transferred to a secret bank account of his. Such a sum could not hold a candle to the Jersey family's immense fortune, but Jocelyne had learned that i
Of course, one of the dumbest things a person could do when he went to a zoo was to walk into an enclosure and try to ride an animal. And if the aforementioned animal was carnivorous, then in all likelihood that person wouldn't have come out of the cage alive.And now, Jocelyne wasn't just about to climb on the back of an allosaurus, one of the most dangerous predators that ever existed, but the aforementioned allosaurus was also wild, unrestricted and speaking at the same time. Although he had offered himself spontaneously, Jocelyne felt a lump forming in her throat as the animal bent to lift her up, bringing his head a few centimeters from the ground and thus making his teeth as big as a human finger very visible.Trying to not think that what she was touching was a carnivorous dinosaur three times her height, Jocelyne pulled herself up and sat on Al's shoulders. back grew thick plumage which made the animal's skin rather soft. When Al stood up to her full height, Jo
As Sobek awaited the arrival of the human delegation, a familiar smell had begun to make its way into his nostrils, but he had not been able to remember what it was. It was undoubtedly the smell of a human being, but for some reason he remembered it very clearly. Then, when the delegation finally arrived, he almost lost his composure.He would have recognized the human on Al's back with his eyes closed. Even though she physically she had changed slightly she was clearly the child he had saved in the forest earlier! She had grown taller and more developed, and her smell had changed slightly too, but it was undoubtedly her.'What does it mean? Perhaps humans have become convinced that she has a certain influence on dinosaurs? Well. It doesn't matter' he thought quickly. After all, the presence of the child did not change anything: apart from seeing an old acquaintance, what was different from what he had planned?So he was cordial and called out to them: “We
Obviously, hardly any member of the group went to sleep right away. Everyone had their chores to do before they could rest.Jackson and the escort were working to establish a perimeter so that they could defend themselves in the event of an attack. They knew that if the dinosaurs really wanted to attack them they could do little, but their role was to defend the other members of the group and so they had to do. Furthermore, Jackson was more afraid of individual dinosaurs than of the entire herd: it was not impossible for someone to decide independently to undermine the peace by attacking them, so as to cancel the negotiation. Among humans he was full of fanatics and obsessed, it was possible that even among the dinosaurs there were such elements.Peter, Sebas and Tuare had chosen a room and turned on their computers, sending all the material they had obtained since that day to their news houses and writing a detailed account of everything that had happened. They were t
“Abe? Abe!""I'm awake, Mr. Jersey, I'm awake!" she screamed the big man pulling himself to his feet with a snap, only to find himself in front of a female face that giggled under his mustache. "I'm not your boss" Dariela said making him blush.Abe grunted like a bear in response and sat up. He hadn't slept very well for the past few days. The soldiers Dariela took care of had become more unstable, so the two had decided to take turns on guard to keep them in check and prevent them from doing anything irreparable. But Abe also wanted to stay awake during the day, since both dinosaurs and humans were awake at the time, and he wanted to be alert in case something happened. If all this was combined with the anxiety, fear and tension of the current situation, well, sleeping became quite difficult. Abe now did not rest more than four hours a night, with the result that he often ended up dozing off during the day without wanting to, as in that case, for example.
While Jackson was busy arguing with Abe and Chloe talking about the conditions of the prisoners, Jocelyne was left behind. She certainly didn't need to go and interrogate anyone to find out what the captive humans were thinking and she was sure that Sobek had been telling the truth about how the dinosaurs treated them. After all, despite the frightened faces, no prisoners looked hurt, thin or particularly traumatized.Rather than wasting precious time talking to humans, Jocelyne preferred talking to the dinosaurs.It was Sobek she had to convince, that was clear; however, Sobek was unlikely the only one that take the decisions. As charismatic, intelligent and wise as a leader might be, he couldn't rule such a large herd on his own strength alone. He would need to lend some of his power to other dinosaurs to administer the various departments into which the pack was divided efficiently.That was probably why the herd was divided into castes. This was primarily du