Psyche was very impressed with Bingle's flow. It was quite the work of engineering, and it would certainly be rather wrong if Psyche didn't respect good engineering.
Psyche was impressed that Bingle seemed to be thoughtful about Farkran's health and safety in using the lava slide, but Psyche was not born yesterday, Psyche was not born ever, and it knew that it was potentially a hazard. Besides, it would make lots of sense for the kind but misguided Bingle to be sent down into the dirt room. That way, Bingle could be more closely supervised, which kind of seemed necessary at that point. Even though Psyche's purpose pertained to protecting younglings from strangers, it was natural for it to want to protect younglings from eachother too.
"Why don't you try out the slide yourself, Bingle?" Psyche asked, trying to be as persuasive as possible.
"No! I didn't make it for me! I made it for my friend!" Bingle insisted. Its voice cracked with heat and excitement midsentence.
"Hmmm."
Psyche could maybe push Bingle down the slide by force. But Psyche always favored diplomatic solutions.
"You know, Nachomamma8 and Hectic are down in there. Hectic might be licking Nachomamma8's face. This is even probable." Psyche pointed out.
"EMERGENCY!" Bingle shouted as it erupted. It jumped onto the lava slide and slid all the way down, its body naturally absorbing most of the lava along the way. When Bingle got there, it saw that Hectic was rolling around on the ground and not licking anyone.
"Oh, that's boring.", it said. It began to think about how to get back out, but the slide still looked too slippery to be an easy answer.
With nine alive, it takes five to make a decision.
(expired on 2020-02-14 20:00:00).
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