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the rock and swayed for a moment. He smiled widely, thinking that the planet wanted him to dance and that was why he and forest around him were all swaying to the music that the Earth was creating for them.
    He put another lollipop in his mouth when he heard the low growl again. He stumbled forward a few feet and giggled at how relaxed and limber he felt, the slight fuzziness in his mind letting the energy of the planet echo pleasantly in his head. This place was magic , he thought as he threw his arms wide again and stumbled around in an erratic circle.
    This planet was magic! he thought with a silly grin. He heard the small growl again and giggled at how he had forgotten that he had got off the rock to go look for what it was. He stood there and swayed for a minute, looking around, when he realized he was hot!
    Damn hot! he thought as he used the sleeve of his tact jacket to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead. Gracus spread his feet wide and fumbled with the closure before pulling the jacket off. He looked at the wadded jacket in his hands for a moment, wondering what to do with it when he heard the small growl again.
    He slapped a hand on his forehead and giggled. Why did he keep forgetting to look for that? he thought with a grin as he looked blankly at the jacket in his hands, unsure why he was holding it. He dropped it to the ground and looking at it laying on the forest floor felt wrong to him. Out of place.
    Gracus leaned down to pick up the jacket and looked up in time to see a fuzzy brown creature a few yards away, near the water’s edge, emitting a low growl. As a host to a beast, with exceptional senses, he didn’t understand why the creature was fuzzy at such a close distance and he stumbled forward to see it better. The creature emitted another low growl along with a squeaky sound that Gracus found adorable.
    “Awww, little forest creature,” Gracus said with a giggle.
    Something about hearing his own voice mixed in with the sounds of the forest and the low growling as he got closer to the creature, seemed so strange. And so funny.
    He stopped and realizing he was done with the candy in his mouth, he replaced the now empty stick with a new one while the fuzzy brown creature growled and squeaked again.
    “I’m coming,” Gracus said with a grin as he stumbled towards the creature again. Gracus had gone a few more feet when he finally realized what the animal was.
    “A bear!” Gracus said as he giggled and stumbled closer to the animal who growled and bleated out strange but adorable sounds.
    He stopped suddenly. “Wait! Wait! There’s something I should remember about bears…,” he giggled and swayed a bit as he crunched the candy and got another one out of his pocket.
    He put it in his mouth as the bear bleated and grunted near the base of a large tree. Not remembering why he’d stopped, Gracus moved towards the bear again with slow and unsteady steps.
    He looked closely at the bear as he moved within a few feet of it and scrunched his face up comically in confusion. “I thought you were supposed to be bigger than this,” Gracus said in surprise as he inspected the small creature that was only as high as his calf and more fur than flesh.
    He attempted to squat down to inspect the bear and stumbled and fell on his ass hard. He giggled and righted himself into a sitting position and marveled at how his body was so in tune with the planet that he swayed in sync with its heartbeat.
    He heard the strange bleating sound and looked back at the little bear and wondered if it was injured. Gracus scooted forward on his ass and held out his hands to the little creature, hoping to coax it to him so he could inspect it for wounds.
    His brain tingled wildly and he tried to ignore it as the small black/brown bear took a few tentative steps towards him. Gracus grinned stupidly and cooed at the creature.
    “Awww little guy, come here and we’ll see if you’re hurt,” he said, his outstretched hands