Starting a fire was easier in the cave as the air was calm there. Cooking pots were dug out of the bags with the family belongings and this time they boiled the kelp in water from the flowing stream in the cave. Blue Tentacles noted the boiled kelp was soft and yielding, different from the crisp roasted kelp. Kelp flavoured water tasted delicious, indeed Blue hadn’t noticed how thirsty he was. Silver Grey ate eagerly as she was extremely hungry but later, buried her head in her tentacles and rocked to and fro. “Have you two done anything silly?” she insisted. “Our Great and Good Lord Sun preserve us! If you two boys both get pregnant we can’t manage!”