![]() ![]() They all drop down behind the scrubby bushes, to become invisible, but the cloud of their dust remains over their heads like a flag. He barks a single word and the whole string stops instinctively. There is something not quite right about the landscape ahead of them. The seekers, although they are not part of the socials’ family and lead their own lives within the Home, are a valuable part of the community. Socials would use up their energy and time roaming the vast wastes in random attempts to find new food supplies. ![]() Without a seeker the semi-desert would not yield up its tubers and roots, and its water deposits would remain hidden. They treat this creature with care: it is their seeker. The two socials that carry it have interlocked their arms to form a kind of seat, and on this the creature perches with its arms around the necks of its supports. ![]() It is somewhat like one of the socials but smaller, and it does not have the long legs that allow the string to move so quickly. At the tail of the string two of the young gatherers are carrying a living creature between them. ![]()
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