What does he expect me to do? I repeat to myself over and over; he just looks at me, waiting for something from me, while making those sounds that must be some language, I am far from understanding, but what if he rejects me for some strange custom! That their offspring are born with the ability to understand and speak their language or who knows! But he rejects me! I would be alone and my chances of survival would plummet. I desperately try to make the same sounds that got me into this predicament, but combined with the fear of failing and my lack of practice, the sounds I make don't even come close to what they were making, and he just watches me with more doubts. What do I do?
In that moment, GrrGrrr appears out of nowhere like an angel brought from heaven, or at least I hope so. He starts talking to him, I suppose about me and my evident lack of speech and communication skills. He only occasionally turns to look at me and continues listening to GrrGrrr; occasionally, he emits sounds to which GrrGrrr responds without hesitation, and now I know they are communicating in their language. I just stand there paralyzed, hoping for the best; please, be understanding, I am one of their offspring! For the first time since I woke up here in this world, I hope to be considered what I am now, a bipedal lizard hatchling.
GrrGrrr approaches me, touches my chest, and says my pseudonym, which I think raises more doubts and questions for the adult. It's so difficult to read a lizard's expressions, and what a terrible mistake it was to invent a name based on my previous human language; GrrGrrr touches his chest and looks at me, I think he expects me to say his name, so I do, and thus it begins, I don't know if it's a game of touching my chest and saying my pseudonym and touching his chest and saying his name.
In the end, the adult, who doesn't seem very convinced, speaks to GrrGrrr again while pointing at me, and I just think: what are the chances of being reborn into a species where if a child isn't born knowing how to speak, it's a problem? For God's sake, what possibilities! And why is this happening to me? I am trying to help and survive. What harm am I doing, please?
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Without further ado, the adult approaches me, touches my head, and continues to observe and examine me. Out of nowhere, he opens his tooth-filled maw in front of me. Oh God, it wants to eat me! They are cannibals with the offspring that are born with some deformity! which in my case is not being able to speak. Without thinking, I throw some of the recent ones I have and try to flee; but he grabs me, I try to free myself, but he is stronger and bigger, and he presses me to the ground. I try to do anything to try to free myself, but it's all in vain; then I see GrrGrrr in front of me and see him open his mouth: No! do you also want to eat me? It's the only thing I manage to think; however, he only repeats the motion of opening his mouth, and then I finally realize my mistake, as the adult, while holding me down with one hand, examines GrrGrrr's mouth and throat with the other. Damn! How embarrassing! I was just trying to see if I had any problem with my throat, asking me to open my mouth and, instead, I threw a bottle at him and made all this drama.
With the greatest embarrassment in the world, I stand still while he frees me, I get up and open my mouth. If he had doubts about me before, I don't want to think about it now, I'm an idiot! However, he just keeps examining me and talking to me. In the end, he just gets up as best he can due to his wounds, looks at me, puts his hand on his chest, and pronounces what I think is his name. GrrGrrr does the same with the same pride as always and says his. So, I do the same and pronounce mine. I think in the end, he accepts me, so at this moment my chances are back in my favor; thank God! Although I still feel extremely embarrassed for thinking they were cannibals, I'll take this to my second grave without a doubt. Meanwhile, we continue the search for more survivors.
