Day 5 - Entry 1

It happened again last night as I worked to restore my paws and talons to an acceptable condition. This time The rumbling started once I finished my back paws and decided to move on to my front upper arms. The rhythmic licking coupled with the gentle rumbling seemed to put me in a trance-like state. But even so this time I was aware of everything for an even longer period of time. That means that I might be able to control it.

I again woke and consumed my rations in the darkness of the early morning. I am glad that I woke up when I did. I could hear the harry one and the skinny one talking back and forth, too low for me to really understand. Then I heard the wooden porthole cycle and they were gone. This is why they are not around during the daytime. Another piece of their lives just fell into place.

I decided after everything was quiet for a good while that I was going to explore more. So since I had nothing left to explore in the sleeping chamber, I decided to venture out past the large wooden porthole. As I moved closer to it I could feel my heart beating in my ears as the memory of the invisible barrier came rushing to mind. What I really wanted to do it run straight through the large wooded frame, and as I drew closer it grew so too did the desire grow. OK, I feel the need to be completely honest right now. When I started thinking about that hard perfectly flat barrier, I stooped my expedition to spend some time licking it, and by some time I mean hours.

I finally got back on task and as I cautiously approached where an invisible barrier should be in the large frame hole. There wasn’t one, thank the fates, but my exploration was cut short as the wooden porthole swung open and the harry one came in closing it behind it. Luckily, I reacted to the sound so I was able to dart to safety under the resting platform without being seen.

When I say this I know you will understand, Little surprises me about my human captors anymore. I also don’t take even their littlest actions for granted anymore. So when the harry human started having the almost identical conversation with Rufus as the skinny one had the day before, I grew more than suspicious. There is something I am missing because Rufus failed to answer the harry one as well. Maybe Rufus could not utilize verbal communication. And if that is the case maybe it doesn't leave or return with my human captors each day. I have decided that when the fireball’s light returns tomorrow I am going to continue my exploration beyond the large wooden frame. I will see if this Rufus thing does stay here during the day and what it is if it does. My money is on Rufus being just another hairless human monkey. But I am starting to wonder if it really even exists.