She then said, okay Carter if you where still dreaming, what would you do in your dream and how would I help you.
Well if this is a dream, then I guess we are both safe. So I would say that you get to talk to the Spikeres, to help it come down.
Then we would free it, with my mud powers and gain a new friend, that will not attack me again.
It sounds pretty nice when I say it out loud, but no one knows what this animal think's, so I could be wrong.
Angie probably trying to be on my side said, oh well! we get to try all your thoughts together, so that you don't think that you're the only one going crazy.
She giggled as she said this. I couldn't help but join her.
Okay first part of the plan, let's go talk to your new found friend. They both walked into the muddy stream and it was not even deep.
Yet the Spikeres seemed to have so much solid ground around it, that when we step close to it. We could climb solid ground, equivalent to a giant rock.
Which didn't make sense because that would mean that the solid rock, could swallow things whole and then freeze them in place, or something like what Carter said.
The weird part is that only the mud around the Spikeres got affected.
When we got closer, the Spikeres tried to roll itself up but could not, because the legs are stuck inside the rock.
Angie spoke softly trying to reassure it, that we mean no harm. It kept fighting back but it was clearly getting tired, so I went to get it some water.
I took the water in my hands and poured it, in a big leaf that was floating around nearby. Which I then placed, in its reach on the floor.
It drank the water then finally relaxed, when Angelique touched it. The Spikeres bent its knees, to take a rest.
As it did so leaning into Angelique's hand, it made a grovelling sound and out of the forest, rustling was heard which put us on alert.
Instead what emerged, was two cautious much smaller Spikeres, who came closer but when they got to the mud they stopped.
Making little granting noises. Like they where afraid of the mud.
Now I felt guilty cause I know why she charged at me. She was just being protective, of the little one's territory.
I told Angelique that we had to try to free it otherwise the little one's would be in danger without the mother.
I said this to her, like she didn't already know it.
Angie told me to go find Nehu and bring as many weapons as possible, so that we can try to dig her out.
I found Nehu, with some warriors and told her to take some of them with us. Only the ones she can trust though.
Especially because, once they think village weapons, then they will kill the Spikeres. Which is not what we are aiming for.
She ended up taking only two guy's Greg and Kyle saying, between Angie and her they can be easily beaten into submission. if they don't co-operate. I guess that will do just fine.
Greg tried asking, where we are going, but Nehu gave them a fierce look and they just followed in silence, till we got to the stream.
When they got there, they where told what to do, because as it was! Angelique was struggling, to remove any part of the rock. Even when she poured water on it.
When the others got to work she took me aside, also instructing me to take one of the small Spikeres with me to the shade. While she carried the other.
Carter! I don't think any of the hard mud, can be removed at this point. I need you to think about how this happened and try to reverse it.
I know that now I also sound crazy, but it's like the mud is doing what the tree, kept doing by healing itself. Making you to end up with no sample.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly I thought back closing my eyes and said. I was scared because the Spikeres was about to jab me with its horn.
Thinking this would be a painful death so I wished to disappear as I closed my eye's.
After some time I thought that it probably killed me instantly because I felt no pain.
With this thought came the bravery to see death for the first time, but instead I was surrounded by mud.
Unfortunately I had a dream about mud that I hoped, would never repeat itself because it was terrifying.
This time I decided that if, this is a dream I will not be scared since nothing can kill you, in dreams just torcher you.
So, I thought about it and swam away from that spot, where I had disappeared since I was totally aware of my surroundings, including what was happening above the mud.
I thought because in this dream. I have super powers, so when it gets to that spot it will sink and the soil will solidify around it.
Okay now try to start thinking about freeing it, and how the soil will turn back to mud.
I stood there trying to think about it being free but nothing happened. She went back to the other's but told me to keep trying.
I watched as they struggled, feeling guilty. The Spikeres little one's sat next to me as two prickly balls making little granting noises.
They where probably hungry. I went to get some water for them in a leaf, but they would only drink it from my hand. Meaning they drank from the mother's mouth and they where still suckling from her.
You guys don't eat solids yet. I said as I stood up. I couldn't take it anymore, so I went to help out, with picking at the rock. They where trying to break some pieces off, from the bottom.
The stream was still under the mud, when you remove some mud, the water will flow slowly through.
So far it looked like a floating island, because they had removed all the mud around the rock. But the rock itself refused to budge even with all the weapons we carried here
None of them could even open a small crack.