Not long after the doors shut, we heard a truck pull up. By this time the change was beginning to alter our memories. While Zed was talking to who I assume is the driver, my teammate Harry... Wait... Silly me we're a group of seals not a group of those weird two-land-finned-things. We're not a team we're a colony!
So let me rephrase... One of the bulls in my colony, Furry, decided to check out a vertical crack of light on one side of the crate. Assuming he was looking for a way out I decided to look around on the opposite side. I found that there was a similar crack here but as I went towards it to try and get the crack it big enough to fit through, I hit my head on something.
Shaking my head and sneezing in shock I looked around for what I could've run into. Strangely there was nothing visible blocking me from the crack. Maybe it was on of the two-land-finned-things magic? I think I heard somewhere that they could create barriers of sorts, though I can't remember where I got this information.
Oh well.
"Hey Furry," I barked, "Any luck over there? I ran into one of those two-fin barriers on this side."
"Same here," Furry growled, "Stupid two-fin magic."
I hopped over to him to try to make a plan.
However, right after I got to where Furry sat, the crate began to tilt and move. Ending with a big bump followed by a similar noise to when that one two-fin trapped us in here. Scared from the sudden movement, everyone tried to comfort whoever was closest to them. I gave Furry's jaw a nuzzle and he wrapped his flippers around me in a hug as he began to lick behind my ear.
This was wrong. He shouldn't be grooming me! I'm not his cow, hell we're both BULLS for crying out loud! But still... It feels really nice... I feel myself melting against him a warm pleasant calmness flowing through me. Eventually I fall asleep cuddled up to him.
As I sleep I dream of my colony... but it's not my COLONY for some reason we are all two-fins and we're playing together with another colony and some kind of soft rock. This dream is scaring me because it's so realistic... Too realistic. But then my dream changes to a more happy one. Where Furry and me are dancing together in the ocean, sunbathing on rocks, and even raising pups together.
As I wake up, I notice that Furry is slightly bigger than me now... And his scent... So... Pleasant? I snuggle in closer to him as the box jerks to a halt. I raise my head in curiosity and nuzzle Furry awake. It seems we have arrived at our destination.