Capture The Action

Shane Corr appears.

He leans his bicycle against a dark tree.

Sorry about this, says Shane Corr. Those rangers. Always interfering.

No harm done, says Gaius. A ranger brought Terence back.

He followed me, says Terence. Stupid ranger. I knew the way.

Typical, says Shane Corr. Then the ranger gets all the glory.

He didn't ask for glory, says Gaius. He said you'd been showing Terence how to cut down a tree.

Would I do that? asks Shane Corr.

Terence has already admitted it, says Pierre-Louis.

It was only pretend, says Terence.

Terence does acting, says Banjo. He told me.

Indeed, he does do acting, says Gaius. And now, if he gets the right part, he can cut down a tree.

With a real axe, says Terence.

Probably not, says Gaius. 

All's well that ends well, says Shane Corr. I'm here to return your skink and invite you to dinner. 

Easter Morning! cries Terence.

He ate too many grasshoppers, says Shane Corr.

Easter Morning is clinging to Shane Corr's cross bar. His belly is like a balloon.

Terence runs over to Easter Morning.

Guess what? We're going to dinner.

I'll stay here if no one minds, says Easter Morning. I need to do some digesting.

Terence places Easter Morning on the newly dried blanket, away from the stiff part, and close to the drone.

We'll go to the Powelly Pub, says Shane Corr. They do burgers and parmas and flatty tails.

We really shouldn't, says Gaius. We were planning to send the drone up.

Me and Squatty can do it, says Terence.

I don't think so, says Gaius,

Let them, says Pierre-Louis. 

No, says Gaius. Terence is coming with us.

If Terence stays, says Banjo, I'll get my parents to come down and make sure we're all right.

There's an offer, says Pierre-Louis. 

But who will make notes? asks Gaius.

There's a camera in the drone, says Pierre-Louis.

Gaius is tempted. It will only be for an hour.

It will encourage Terence's independence

And his stomach is rumbling at the thought of burgers and parmas and flatty tails.

All right, Terence, says Gaius. Do your best to capture the action. And try to get the parents to open up about their current lifestyle, and their dwindling habitat, and their hopes for the future.

Yay! says Terence, who stopped listening after 'capture the action'.