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Chapter 466 Humanity is So Small
Orcas are Creatures that migrate in Groups and like to live in Groups. Small Clans have 2-3, and large Clans can have hundreds.
Each Clan's leader is not determined by Ability, but by the oldest female Whale, making it a standard matriarchal Group.
Members are Orcas that are closely related by Blood. They Life together, hunt together, Travel together, share Food together, and gather together in Cold Places, sleeping in a Hoop.
After Small Orcas are born, there are also specialized Orcas that teach them to hunt and raise offspring. Males are only responsible for going out to hunt. In the Group, 'father-son' and 'father-daughter' Relationships are rarely found, while 'mother-son' and 'mother-daughter' Relationships are more stable.
In addition, each Clan has its own 'Dialect', which is slightly different from other Clans. When they encounter other Clans during Travel, they will also stop to chat for a Sentence or two, talk about hunting experiences, and if Conflicts arise, they will fight and curse at the same time...
They also have special vocabulary for cursing and mocking. It's not impossible for them to swear.
Group Life, matriarchal society, respect for elders, Language and Civilization... In addition, males have a Lifespan of 50-65 years, and females can live for 80-100 years. If they continue to reproduce and evolve, they might really become a new Civilization on Earth.
But it's just a 'maybe'. Orcas are very intelligent, but they are still not comparable to Humanity. Some Say So that Orca Brains are several times heavier than Human Brains, but Intelligence is not calculated like that.
Humanity originally came from the most intelligent primates. Becoming intelligent Life also experienced countless coincidental miracles in History of evolution. In Disasters, high-Intelligence individuals were gradually selected for reproduction, giving birth to Civilization, and after countless years of Accumulation, the current Civilization was formed.
In comparison, Humanity's Intelligence has already surpassed Orcas by a lot, and Civilization is even ahead by many times...
Chi Feichei silently withdrew his thoughts.
No, now is not the Time to talk about science. Right in front of him is an unscientific Orca that can learn the Language of other Species.
While Chi Feichei was distracted for a moment, the Orca was also in Silence for a while, and said gloomily, "My Clan... they don't want me anymore. They stopped wanting me a long Time ago."
Chi Feichei was stunned and frowned, "Why?"
"Because I'm different from them..."
The Orca couldn't help but Look at Hissashi. This Snake stabbed its heart several times.
It also Looked at Chi Feichei. This Human mentioned its Clan. Thinking about the Clan, it felt even more heartbroken.
This Human and Snake almost sent it away with Language.
"When I was a Child, I was different from other Whales. I was smaller in Body Shape and grew very slowly. At three years old, I was still Small Loach. By the Time I was nine, a Younger Sister who was three years younger than me was already bigger than me..."
As the Orca Said, it Turn Head and plunged into the Sea with a splash.
Chi Feichei Walked To the Railing and looked down at the Orca in the Sea.
The Orca swam in one Direction for a while, then Turn Head and swam to the Deck, "Am I very Small Loach?"
Chi Feichei visually measured the Body Shape of this Orca. It was just over 4 meters long, definitely less than 5 meters.
Although in terms of Body Shape, it was much stronger than him and Hissashi, the average Body Shape of female Orcas is 7 meters, and the longest reaches 8.5 meters. Compared to that, it is quite Small Loach.
"How old are you?"
"17 years old." The Orca put its Head on the Deck again, causing the Yacht to shake.
Chi Feichei squatted down to steady himself, and by the way, Grabbed Hissashi, who was sliding towards the edge of the Deck, and placed it on his Hand.
"Huff..." Hissashi Speechless, "Thank You, Master."
The Orca put its Head on the Deck, and its Voice became more coquettish, "I also want a good-looking Human to hug me..."
Now that Words have been Said to this point, could he not hug it?
Chi Feichei Walked To the front, Reach Out and hugged the Orca's Head, "Orcas are not considered adults until they are 20 to 25 years old. That's when their Body Shape is the largest. You are only 17 years old, maybe you are just growing up later."
"Thank You..." The Orca gently nuzzled Chi Feichei with its Head, "Although I have always grown very slowly, hearing you Say So makes me feel much better."
Chi Feichei let go of his Hand and took two steps back, "I Don't Think Orcas would drive an individual out of the Clan because of this. Is there some Misunderstanding?"
The Orca was in Silence for a while, "Okay, let's Say So I left on my own... They prefer Younger Brothers and Younger Sisters, they don't teach me to hunt, and they don't like to Play with me. When eating Food, other Siblings eat first. Never once did they let me eat first. I only ate what was left over..."
"How pitiful..." Hissashi couldn't help but Sigh, "I used to be like that too. Only the Small Loach left over at the end was given to me to eat."
"It's too much, right?" The Orca felt even more Grievance, "I learned to hunt by myself, and I hunted very, very big Prey on my own, but when I took them to See the Prey, they still let other Siblings eat first."
"Too much..." Hissashi Sympathy.
Chi Feichei remained in Silence.
This Orca grows slowly and is too Small Loach. The Clan probably didn't intend for it to hunt. It was enough for it to follow along, Play, and wait to eat.
For a Clan, it is definitely necessary to first provide for the strong Child to grow up.
Letting other Orcas eat first the Prey hunted by this Orca is too much, but if it were other Orcas, they probably wouldn't think too much about it. If they were unhappy, they would make a fuss, and it would be fine soon.
But this Orca is different. It has Ideology and self-esteem. Like Humans, it will compare the Difference between the love it receives and that of other individuals.
"I Don't Think they care about me at all. I just wanted to try and See if that was the case, so when I followed everyone to the Vicinity here, I left the Group," the Orca paused, "Actually, I didn't Go To far. I was secretly watching them from behind, but... but... boo hoo hoo... they didn't look for me, they never looked for me, they just left..."
Chi Feichei Reach Out and patted the Orca's Head to show Comfort.
That was indeed too much.
An Orca Clan is like a big Family. When a Member encounters Danger or a special situation, other Orcas will Rescue or provide help, and will not ignore it.
Abandoning an Orca that seems unhealthy may be a 'survival of the fittest' choice, but it cannot be denied that the Orca leader was too Indifference, and so was the Mother of this Orca Girl.
This Orca Girl's Feeling was right. It would really be abandoned.
Just like the Human heart, if you don't try, you won't know how desperate you will be.
The Orca's Voice was still tearful, "Then I don't want them either... I can hunt by myself, I can Life by myself, and I can also have fun by myself... Annoying, I clearly Said I wouldn't cry anymore..."
Chi Feichei stroked the Orca's Head, "Tsundere Small Girl."
If you really didn't care, how could you be sad?
Hissashi stared at the Orca for a while, held back for a moment, and said in a low Voice, "Don't cry, you sound so girly when you cry..."
"I'm a Girl, what's wrong with sounding girly when I cry..." The Orca choked and retorted, "I-Isn't it allowed?"
"Okay, okay," Hissashi lowered his Head and thought for a while, "It's a Pity you're too big. You must eat a lot in one meal. My Fish are not enough for you to eat in one meal, and we can't fit you in Home, otherwise I could ask Master to take you in..."
Being taken in by Master would definitely not be pitiful.
So, when it encounters something pitiful and to its liking, it will be generous and ask Master to take it in.
No Problem.
The Orca thought for a while. It seemed that it had never considered asking Humans to take it in, but that didn't seem important. It liked this Human very much, and being taken in meant becoming Family...
The next second, the Orca decisively Looked at Chi Feichei, with the four Characters 'pitiful and pathetic' seemingly written in its eyes, "I'm very good at hunting. I can hunt by myself, and I can also hunt for you..."
Chi Feichei Considered for a moment, "I can't take you away."
Orca: "Eek..."
"Listen to me, Orcas in captivity have a Lifespan that is much shorter than the average Lifespan of Wild Orcas," Chi Feichei stared at the Orca and Said word by word, "Even if I build a big Pond for you, it won't be as big as the Sea, and it won't have as much novel Scenery as the Sea."
Orca: "..."
That makes sense, but could you please not stare at it with such a cold Gaze, and your Tone is so stern... It's a bit scary for an Orca.
"Of course," Chi Feichei softened his Tone, and Reach Out again to stroke the Orca's Head, "I can let you live freely in the Sea, but there is another Problem to Consider. I can't Life with you in the Sea, and I can't Keep Company you at Sea all the Time, and I will even be doing my own Things for a long Time..."
"It doesn't Matter," the Orca Said quickly, "I can wait for you. You have to remember to come See me."
"It's because of waiting..." Chi Feichei softened his Voice, "Giving and then taking away is the cruelest thing, especially happiness and joy."
The Orca looked at Chi Feichei's calm Face with Doubt, "But at least there is hope of waiting, and it's not considered being deprived, is it?"
Chi Feichei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly. Before Hissashi and the Orca could See clearly, the smile on his Face disappeared again, and he returned to his calm Face, "You convinced me. What Name do you like? Or rather, what Things do you like?"
"The Name I like... Don't Know," the Orca thought for a while, and Looked at Chi Feichei, "As For the Things I like, it's you."
Chi Feichei: "..."
He is not Things... No, he is... How to explain this?
Moreover, as different Species, could you please not flirt with him casually!
Never Mind, let's think of a Name...
Actually, calling it 'God Whale' would be very good...
Cough, no, at least it's a Small Girl's Name. Although it's big, its Voice is soft and cute. Let's not be funny.
Chi Feichei restrained his Morbid Taste and thought seriously, "Fei Li... how about that? Don't leave secretly by yourself in the future. The Sea is so big, I won't be able to find you."
"Okay... then call me once?"
"Fei Li."
"Call me again?"
"Fei Li."
"Call me again?"
Chi Feichei suspected that the Whale Girl was teasing him. He didn't follow Fei Li's Pace anymore and returned to the Beach chair to sit down, "Fei Li, how do you Orcas See Humans? Why don't you eat Humans?"
Orcas have a Record of injuring Humans, but many Times, Orcas, like Dolphins which also belong to the order Cetacea, sometimes lift people out of the Sea Surface when Humans fall into the Water.
It's rare to encounter an Orca with Spirituality, so it must be Research.
"Humans are not meant to be eaten," Fei Li thought for a while, "My Mother told me that there are no Humans among the Things that can be eaten, and no Orcas think that Humans are meant to be eaten. Moreover, Humans can build such big Ships, they are very intelligent and very powerful, unlike those stupid Fish, but they are also very fragile. If they fall into the Sea carelessly, they will die. I think Humans are really cute, so Small Loach, when I See them, I just want to protect them."
(End of Chapter)
Orcas are Creatures that migrate in Groups and like to live in Groups. Small Clans have 2-3, and large Clans can have hundreds.
Each Clan's leader is not determined by Ability, but by the oldest female Whale, making it a standard matriarchal Group.
Members are Orcas that are closely related by Blood. They Life together, hunt together, Travel together, share Food together, and gather together in Cold Places, sleeping in a Hoop.
After Small Orcas are born, there are also specialized Orcas that teach them to hunt and raise offspring. Males are only responsible for going out to hunt. In the Group, 'father-son' and 'father-daughter' Relationships are rarely found, while 'mother-son' and 'mother-daughter' Relationships are more stable.
In addition, each Clan has its own 'Dialect', which is slightly different from other Clans. When they encounter other Clans during Travel, they will also stop to chat for a Sentence or two, talk about hunting experiences, and if Conflicts arise, they will fight and curse at the same time...
They also have special vocabulary for cursing and mocking. It's not impossible for them to swear.
Group Life, matriarchal society, respect for elders, Language and Civilization... In addition, males have a Lifespan of 50-65 years, and females can live for 80-100 years. If they continue to reproduce and evolve, they might really become a new Civilization on Earth.
But it's just a 'maybe'. Orcas are very intelligent, but they are still not comparable to Humanity. Some Say So that Orca Brains are several times heavier than Human Brains, but Intelligence is not calculated like that.
Humanity originally came from the most intelligent primates. Becoming intelligent Life also experienced countless coincidental miracles in History of evolution. In Disasters, high-Intelligence individuals were gradually selected for reproduction, giving birth to Civilization, and after countless years of Accumulation, the current Civilization was formed.
In comparison, Humanity's Intelligence has already surpassed Orcas by a lot, and Civilization is even ahead by many times...
Chi Feichei silently withdrew his thoughts.
No, now is not the Time to talk about science. Right in front of him is an unscientific Orca that can learn the Language of other Species.
While Chi Feichei was distracted for a moment, the Orca was also in Silence for a while, and said gloomily, "My Clan... they don't want me anymore. They stopped wanting me a long Time ago."
Chi Feichei was stunned and frowned, "Why?"
"Because I'm different from them..."
The Orca couldn't help but Look at Hissashi. This Snake stabbed its heart several times.
It also Looked at Chi Feichei. This Human mentioned its Clan. Thinking about the Clan, it felt even more heartbroken.
This Human and Snake almost sent it away with Language.
"When I was a Child, I was different from other Whales. I was smaller in Body Shape and grew very slowly. At three years old, I was still Small Loach. By the Time I was nine, a Younger Sister who was three years younger than me was already bigger than me..."
As the Orca Said, it Turn Head and plunged into the Sea with a splash.
Chi Feichei Walked To the Railing and looked down at the Orca in the Sea.
The Orca swam in one Direction for a while, then Turn Head and swam to the Deck, "Am I very Small Loach?"
Chi Feichei visually measured the Body Shape of this Orca. It was just over 4 meters long, definitely less than 5 meters.
Although in terms of Body Shape, it was much stronger than him and Hissashi, the average Body Shape of female Orcas is 7 meters, and the longest reaches 8.5 meters. Compared to that, it is quite Small Loach.
"How old are you?"
"17 years old." The Orca put its Head on the Deck again, causing the Yacht to shake.
Chi Feichei squatted down to steady himself, and by the way, Grabbed Hissashi, who was sliding towards the edge of the Deck, and placed it on his Hand.
"Huff..." Hissashi Speechless, "Thank You, Master."
The Orca put its Head on the Deck, and its Voice became more coquettish, "I also want a good-looking Human to hug me..."
Now that Words have been Said to this point, could he not hug it?
Chi Feichei Walked To the front, Reach Out and hugged the Orca's Head, "Orcas are not considered adults until they are 20 to 25 years old. That's when their Body Shape is the largest. You are only 17 years old, maybe you are just growing up later."
"Thank You..." The Orca gently nuzzled Chi Feichei with its Head, "Although I have always grown very slowly, hearing you Say So makes me feel much better."
Chi Feichei let go of his Hand and took two steps back, "I Don't Think Orcas would drive an individual out of the Clan because of this. Is there some Misunderstanding?"
The Orca was in Silence for a while, "Okay, let's Say So I left on my own... They prefer Younger Brothers and Younger Sisters, they don't teach me to hunt, and they don't like to Play with me. When eating Food, other Siblings eat first. Never once did they let me eat first. I only ate what was left over..."
"How pitiful..." Hissashi couldn't help but Sigh, "I used to be like that too. Only the Small Loach left over at the end was given to me to eat."
"It's too much, right?" The Orca felt even more Grievance, "I learned to hunt by myself, and I hunted very, very big Prey on my own, but when I took them to See the Prey, they still let other Siblings eat first."
"Too much..." Hissashi Sympathy.
Chi Feichei remained in Silence.
This Orca grows slowly and is too Small Loach. The Clan probably didn't intend for it to hunt. It was enough for it to follow along, Play, and wait to eat.
For a Clan, it is definitely necessary to first provide for the strong Child to grow up.
Letting other Orcas eat first the Prey hunted by this Orca is too much, but if it were other Orcas, they probably wouldn't think too much about it. If they were unhappy, they would make a fuss, and it would be fine soon.
But this Orca is different. It has Ideology and self-esteem. Like Humans, it will compare the Difference between the love it receives and that of other individuals.
"I Don't Think they care about me at all. I just wanted to try and See if that was the case, so when I followed everyone to the Vicinity here, I left the Group," the Orca paused, "Actually, I didn't Go To far. I was secretly watching them from behind, but... but... boo hoo hoo... they didn't look for me, they never looked for me, they just left..."
Chi Feichei Reach Out and patted the Orca's Head to show Comfort.
That was indeed too much.
An Orca Clan is like a big Family. When a Member encounters Danger or a special situation, other Orcas will Rescue or provide help, and will not ignore it.
Abandoning an Orca that seems unhealthy may be a 'survival of the fittest' choice, but it cannot be denied that the Orca leader was too Indifference, and so was the Mother of this Orca Girl.
This Orca Girl's Feeling was right. It would really be abandoned.
Just like the Human heart, if you don't try, you won't know how desperate you will be.
The Orca's Voice was still tearful, "Then I don't want them either... I can hunt by myself, I can Life by myself, and I can also have fun by myself... Annoying, I clearly Said I wouldn't cry anymore..."
Chi Feichei stroked the Orca's Head, "Tsundere Small Girl."
If you really didn't care, how could you be sad?
Hissashi stared at the Orca for a while, held back for a moment, and said in a low Voice, "Don't cry, you sound so girly when you cry..."
"I'm a Girl, what's wrong with sounding girly when I cry..." The Orca choked and retorted, "I-Isn't it allowed?"
"Okay, okay," Hissashi lowered his Head and thought for a while, "It's a Pity you're too big. You must eat a lot in one meal. My Fish are not enough for you to eat in one meal, and we can't fit you in Home, otherwise I could ask Master to take you in..."
Being taken in by Master would definitely not be pitiful.
So, when it encounters something pitiful and to its liking, it will be generous and ask Master to take it in.
No Problem.
The Orca thought for a while. It seemed that it had never considered asking Humans to take it in, but that didn't seem important. It liked this Human very much, and being taken in meant becoming Family...
The next second, the Orca decisively Looked at Chi Feichei, with the four Characters 'pitiful and pathetic' seemingly written in its eyes, "I'm very good at hunting. I can hunt by myself, and I can also hunt for you..."
Chi Feichei Considered for a moment, "I can't take you away."
Orca: "Eek..."
"Listen to me, Orcas in captivity have a Lifespan that is much shorter than the average Lifespan of Wild Orcas," Chi Feichei stared at the Orca and Said word by word, "Even if I build a big Pond for you, it won't be as big as the Sea, and it won't have as much novel Scenery as the Sea."
Orca: "..."
That makes sense, but could you please not stare at it with such a cold Gaze, and your Tone is so stern... It's a bit scary for an Orca.
"Of course," Chi Feichei softened his Tone, and Reach Out again to stroke the Orca's Head, "I can let you live freely in the Sea, but there is another Problem to Consider. I can't Life with you in the Sea, and I can't Keep Company you at Sea all the Time, and I will even be doing my own Things for a long Time..."
"It doesn't Matter," the Orca Said quickly, "I can wait for you. You have to remember to come See me."
"It's because of waiting..." Chi Feichei softened his Voice, "Giving and then taking away is the cruelest thing, especially happiness and joy."
The Orca looked at Chi Feichei's calm Face with Doubt, "But at least there is hope of waiting, and it's not considered being deprived, is it?"
Chi Feichei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly. Before Hissashi and the Orca could See clearly, the smile on his Face disappeared again, and he returned to his calm Face, "You convinced me. What Name do you like? Or rather, what Things do you like?"
"The Name I like... Don't Know," the Orca thought for a while, and Looked at Chi Feichei, "As For the Things I like, it's you."
Chi Feichei: "..."
He is not Things... No, he is... How to explain this?
Moreover, as different Species, could you please not flirt with him casually!
Never Mind, let's think of a Name...
Actually, calling it 'God Whale' would be very good...
Cough, no, at least it's a Small Girl's Name. Although it's big, its Voice is soft and cute. Let's not be funny.
Chi Feichei restrained his Morbid Taste and thought seriously, "Fei Li... how about that? Don't leave secretly by yourself in the future. The Sea is so big, I won't be able to find you."
"Okay... then call me once?"
"Fei Li."
"Call me again?"
"Fei Li."
"Call me again?"
Chi Feichei suspected that the Whale Girl was teasing him. He didn't follow Fei Li's Pace anymore and returned to the Beach chair to sit down, "Fei Li, how do you Orcas See Humans? Why don't you eat Humans?"
Orcas have a Record of injuring Humans, but many Times, Orcas, like Dolphins which also belong to the order Cetacea, sometimes lift people out of the Sea Surface when Humans fall into the Water.
It's rare to encounter an Orca with Spirituality, so it must be Research.
"Humans are not meant to be eaten," Fei Li thought for a while, "My Mother told me that there are no Humans among the Things that can be eaten, and no Orcas think that Humans are meant to be eaten. Moreover, Humans can build such big Ships, they are very intelligent and very powerful, unlike those stupid Fish, but they are also very fragile. If they fall into the Sea carelessly, they will die. I think Humans are really cute, so Small Loach, when I See them, I just want to protect them."
(End of Chapter)
