I"m only thirteen Earth years old. Though Bigfoot boys act older than Earth years, I"m too young to be alone on a strange planet. They"ll leave without me, I know they will. Teach said they would. I don"t know where I am. My chronograph says it"s almost time to leave. Maybe I can signal if I see the new airpod coming in? It"s invisible and silent to humans but I can see it. I can hear it. There, is that it?
Errl stood for a minute in the forest, a hunched brown furry figure. A cold wind screamed in his ears and hid the sound of distant shouting. High above the forest a yellow sun moved through the clouds. The clouds were heavy with snow. He felt good in the cold air, his thick mat of body hair shielding him from the cold. The bear was long gone and the girl just a memory. He felt cold onl
