"The Aliens of the Flaming Red Sun/4 Quarrelling"@en . "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\u2019t 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. \u201CHave you two done anything silly?\u201D she insisted. \u201COur Great and Good Lord Sun preserve us! If you two boys both get pregnant we can\u2019t manage!\u201D Then the drunk demanded his share, he was quickly given a bowl of kelp which he slurped up complaining that he hadn\u2019t got anything earlier. The drunk pointed tentacles shakily at Blue, demanded why the stranger was with the family, Blue Tentacles rushed away to a far point in the cave. Soon Yellow followed him there with a bowl of kelp which the two shared. \u201CIt doesn\u2019t taste so good anymore.\u201D Blue grumbled and Yellow agreed. Silver Grey went over and started the talk she\u2019d been meaning to give them. \u201CRemember if either of you feel you\u2019re about to ... err you know ... fertilise your partner you must remove your male reproductive tentacle from your partner\u2019s female reproductive groove at once! In the Most Holy Name of the Sun Our Lord we can\u2019t manage two new babies! Did you hear me you two?\u201D Yellow didn\u2019t pay much attention as he\u2019d heard that type of thing before. Blue needed to learn but \u2026 well too much had happened, he had too many new things to learn and too much was on his mind. Meanwhile Amber was the only Centaurian still near Shaky Tentacles, the drunk stretched his eye stalks and pointed them at Amber. For the first time Shaky began confusedly to realise the adult Amber was more of a threat than the adolescent Blue. Shaky grabbed a cooking pot which still had some very hot stew in it and threw it at Amber. The other three rushed over and were reassured that Amber was alright. \u201CLet\u2019s pack\u201D Amber suggested, \u201C, I\u2019ve got friends at a nearby settlement, I\u2019ll show you the way there.\u201D \u201CI can\u2019t leave my husband.\u201D Silver Grey tried to sound loyal but Amber just lowered eye-stalks disapprovingly. \u201COK, I\u2019ll go on my own.\u201D Amber shrugged his tentacles, it was evident he couldn\u2019t stay so he started separating his things from the family belongings. At first Blue Tentacles couldn\u2019t make up his mind what to do but the drunk pointed at Blue muttering indistinct obscenities and Blue hurried over desperately to Amber. \u201CHelp me pack.\u201D Amber said quietly and Blue was frightened enough to agree. Blue wasn\u2019t used to Plebeian work and began packing clumsily, Yellow went over and helped his friends pack. Then Silver Grey started pleading. \u201CIn the Name of Our Lord the Sun! You mustn\u2019t both leave! I haven\u2019t finished telling you about contraception.\u201D Blue Tentacles pointed eye-stalks at Silver Grey, afterwards he pointed eye-stalks at the drunk. Blue and Yellow went back to helping Amber pack. \u201CAre you coming or staying?\u201D Amber asked. Reluctantly Silver Grey accepted she needed to be with the boys. Packing the family\u2019s few possessions didn\u2019t take long so soon the four were swimming to a nearby cove where Amber had friends. Shaky Tentacles was left alone in the cave, the last time the rest of the family saw him he was picking up the stew he\u2019d thrown at Amber, eating it and licking the cave floor. \n* Chapter 5 Escaping the quarrels and LOVE Footnotes"@en . . "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\u2019t 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. \u201CHave you two done anything silly?\u201D she insisted. \u201COur Great and Good Lord Sun preserve us! If you two boys both get pregnant we can\u2019t manage!\u201D"@en . . .