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Normally, the cart down near the beach was quite lively. Four teenaged boys living under one very small roof tended to have that sort of effect. But this late July afternoon, things were blissfully quiet. Moril had been spending a lot of time with Luna, and from what Edward could tell, Kialan had occupied himself with chasing after the one

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Alphonse had shrimp!

Ed's mechanic, who apparently manned the boat, had given him a sack of them to bring home. Al had rummaged for some seasoning, wrapped them in napkins, and had found five whip-slender sticks on his way back to use to cook them on.

He looked pretty pleased.

"Notes?" he asked brightly, stopping in front of his brother, quirking his head at the notebook.

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Edward looked up sharply, and then grinned impishly. "Sort of. I'm trying to estimate the size of the Dinosaur marked territory, based on the perimeter of the fence, and the general size of the island. Figuring in the average density of jungle and foliage..." He paused, chewed on the end of his pen, and scribbled something more, hastily. The look of Edward's handwriting was always a bit more akin to chicken scratch than real words, letters tilting back and forth akwardly -- his left had had never really gotten used to it's new position as the primary writing hand, but he preferred the quick chicken scratch to the strangely-sized and time-consuming texts made with his automail.

"We might need a good few days to cover all the ground. Maybe more if we have to go out of our way avoiding dinosaurs."

Edward dog-eared the page, closed the notebook, and set it to one side. He paused, and sniffed the air. "Al, you smell like fish!" he said, wrinkling his nose, "what've you been doing?"

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Al started.

"I do not!" he protested, then offered out the bag.

"It's shrimp!"

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Edward took the bag and peered inside. Sure enough, there was the source of the smell-- Dozens of large, uncooked shrimp. He laughed a little to himself and closed the bag again. "Dinner?"