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Chapter 14:
“Mason?” The lake was very quiet in the morning, just like the day I came. The wooden boat was motionless on the shore. In this closed environment, there was no wind.
“Mason?” I raised my volume and shouted.
Silence, as if there was no living thing at all.
I really don’t know what Alice meant by “it grew up.” Was it physically or mentally? From what I saw yesterday, his astonishing intelligence development speed, the latter possibility was greater.
“Mason, are you in the lake?” I tiptoed to the side of the boat, imitating Alice, put my hand on the edge of the boat, and the ripples spread layer by layer on the lake along the bottom of the boat.
I swallowed a mouthful of saliva. I don’t know why I was so nervous. The joy of witnessing the evolution of a new species and the fear of unknown dangers lingered in my heart, intertwined and entangled.
I swung the paddle and slowly drove the boat to the center of the lake. “Mason, Cara came to p
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