[Trade] Let it Grow whispers [Karma Prompt]

Let it Grow ( Karma Event Prompt )
Writing by: RadicalRyuu
Da gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/RadicalRyuu/gallery
Word count: 1000+ (1010 words)
Dino’s Included: Pony Boi (329), Crackle (3939), Alois (643), John (2760)

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“Are you certain?” 

“Yes, Pepper all but said it to me.” 

The uneasy quiet that followed was all that was heard as the soft steps of grass, the quiet giggles of a child in the background could be heard. A Utahraptor and Cryolophosaurus walked along the garden, a hush chatter between the two, as a smaller one was running ahead, arms spread out and clawed feet digging into the dirt before throwing some seeds into it.

Pony Boi could only smile softly as he slowly spread out his own wing and let the seedlings spread onto the dirt himself. On his friend's back was the sack that carried the baby vegetation, Crackle walking alongside the Utah as they helped with this task. 

“What do you think will happen then, if what you say is true about already a resistance happening shouldn't we help?”

Pony Boi continued to look on as Alois continue to spread out the seeds, seeming to take a moment to poke at a worm that was dug up before she squealed and jumped away with it wiggled at her, her feathers ruffled up and she squatted down to spread out her feathers. The scene had Pony smile softly, thoughts of her brothers doing the same. Before sighing as he looked down into his claws, the seed there was all he could think about how they would grow, spread out the pollen and then spread a sickness. And then what? How long until it affects the pack? Isha? Caede? Mitra an Yahzu? 

Would they even bow their heads to this foreign queen? Pony closed his eyes and sighed heavily, tilting his head to the side. Mouth opening to respond when-

“Excuse me….” Both Pony and Crackle stopped, emerging from the bushes was another Cryo, a dark brown snout, the lighter bit of brown continue down his neck before abruptly stopping to a white before again a spot of brown with a darker marking of it in the middle, quills sprout from the back and around his neck was a sack, where Pony could see the seeds that they were spreading too. 

“I'm sorry ... .I- i didn't mean to be eavesdropping i just…. I heard” The cryo stopped talking, looking down before slowly looking around as if to check if there were any others that were around. “I heard what you were saying, I caught it but that- that can't be right, Right?” 

Crackle looked to Pony, as Pony looked to his companion, a silent conversation was spoken before finally looking at the newcomer. “Im sorry, i understand if you thought you heard-” the cryo jerked forward a little stopping what Pony was to say. 

“PLEASE! Dont, I know what I heard, you dont have to lie. Is all this, is all that we are doing not really helping them? Do they truly want to take control above?” Pony grimaced before shutting his maw and looking to the garden. He watched as Alois had slowed down to the new arrival and tilted their head in question to him before Pony sighed. 

“What is your name?” 

“John, please you can call me John.” With a nod Crackle stepped forward and slightly guided John back to the dug up dirt that the smaller utah had dug up.

“Well John,” Crackle started, “we were given a task to do, and it's best if we complete it.”

“But!-” John started

“No buts!” Alois shouted, as they ran back closer to her father and climbed up onto his back, Crackle smiled as he nodded and nudged the other Cryo forward.

“You heard the child, no buts! We have all this dug up dirt that's looking for new plants to be tended, You can continue to plant, ill pass by with the water.” Crackle stated, John looking to protest again before a soft clear of a throat was heard and looking to the adult Utah, Pony tilted his head up before looking down to his daughter, then back at John. With a small shake of his head there seemed to be a pleading look that had John hesitate before once more looking at the child.

Coming closer John smiled softly, “Hi… I'm John, and you?”

“I'm Alois! It's nice to meet you!” 

“You as well,” John smiled before looking up to the one carrying Alois.

“Im-”

“This is my dad!” Alois interrupted with a slight yanking at his feathers Pony smiled softly before reaching over and cleaning the side of Alois face, clearing the dirt off her feathers, there seemed to be an excessive motion before the whine could be heard from the younger and the father seemed to stop. 

“I'm sorry, I'm Pony Boi and this is my daughter as she says, but yes she and I will replant the dirt over after you are done. And then when we are done we can talk…” He said softly which John nodded.

They silently went back to work, soft words said here and there before they opened up and chatted more casually, John would walk down the squiggled lines that were done by a child. He smiled as he would dig into the seed bag and slowly spread into the dug up dirt then continuing on. Pony and Alois both would then come after, pushing dirt over, or Alois pushing dirt over haphazardly before Pony would come after and properly bury the seedling. 

Finally John would come after them, a bucket of water in maw as he tipped it to water the dirt. And so it continued down, new rows were dug up, seeds planted and watered before covered up. Near the end the manual work of it all tuckered Alois out, who tiredly mumbled complaints as her father cleaned her feathers up before finally passing out over her father's back. 

The three adult dinos finished the last of the work quietly, conversation muttered low to avoid waking the little one. Finally near the end when they finished the younger Cryo looked to the Utah who nodded.

“This is what we know so far.”