Prompt: A Lilo and Stitch-esque scene with numidid and surfing humans.
T’yoree was frequently trotted out as an example as to why scientists should not be allowed to breed. She had, even to the humans, the self-preservation instincts of a concussed whelk.
As a keet, she would ride the larger dogs and invented the concept of Frisbee Dodge-em.
Some said that the natural Deathworlder attitude towards risk had rubbed off on her.
And she was the first Numidid to surf. Of course, for decades, she was the only Numidid to surf, but that wasn’t the point. She ably demonstrated that it was possible.
She began as a fledgeling. Pretty much as soon as she could gain enough air to light on a surfing humans’ shoulders, she shared a ride out into the water. Numidids are not naturally bouyant, so the humans invented a life vest for her.
For a time, she would ride the humans out into the water and, when she felt less than safe, would catch a swimming human back to the shore. Padded-shoulder swimsuits were a natural concept.
Her first day riding a board was February 30th[1], Settlement year 126. For the watching scientists, it was a day of great fascination as T’yoree clung to the shoulders of a human as they stood on the board to ride the waves.
T’yoree soon graduated to riding the board with a human, and then riding a board without any assistance.
The humans quickly fabricated a board more suited to her size and weight.
It took her three months before she began imitating the humans’ stunts. She is known to this day for her wipe-out flights. Whenever she lost control of her board, she would take wing and glide towards the shore. The humans found this amazing. Numidids found it merely sensible.
All efforts to develop a surfing wingsuit ended in failures for the humans. There are just some things they can not do.
[1] For those who have not read The Amity Incident… the Amity year is two full days longer than the Terran one, and the human colonists stuffed the extra days into February. Also - go get the book now.
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