Interrogation

"so who are you guys?"

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Damn! We've been discovered, what should we do now?

We're outnumbered, if they wanted to kill us, they would have done it already, with stealth.

Despite being less hairy than us and walking differently, they also don't seem as aggressive as those crazies.

"Do you intend to kill us?"

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Uhmm, interesting, they don't act like animals.

"It depends on your answer."

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"We were sent to observe you. Our leader instructed us to only watch and not harm you."

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"Your leader? Where is he?"

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Damn, why does he want to know about the leader? Did they really come here to harm us?

"Why do you want to know?"

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"Answer the question!"

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"Only if you tell us what you intend to do!"

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"Uhmm, very well, don't say it now, take them to the camp!"

"Yes, boss."

Truly fascinating, this is the first encounter with others of our kind beyond the tribe.

Even during the journey, I didn't encounter other australopithecus, but who would have thought I would find them here.

Although... they are strange.

They have more hair, are more hunched, and walk awkwardly. It seems like they are a less evolved version.

But their intelligence seems to be on par with the tribe.

"Looks like I have another question on the list."

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"Hey, what do you think they'll do with us?"

"Oh, I have no idea, they seem as smart as us, that's already a good thing."

"If they were like the savages, we would have been dead a long time ago."

"That's true, at least one good thing."

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"So you were sent here to observe us, right?"

"Yes, our leader sent us here to observe you."

"Just that?"

"Yes."

"So how do you communicate with each other? And don't tell me you don't report what we were doing and where we are."

"No, the boss instructed us to report only if you do something strange. We only report about rocks and leaves, and we were going to report about this camp."

"But you captured us before we could report about the camp."

"Uhmm, I understand. I won't ask about where your leader or tribe is, but what about those savages you were talking about?"

"Wait, isn't it time for you to answer at least one of our questions? You invaded our territory."

"It seems like you're misunderstanding. I didn't kill you simply because we can communicate. I didn't kill you because it seemed unnecessary, but if you don't cooperate, I can change my mind at any moment."