“Hmmmm
might be fun for the boys. I think they will enjoy it. I know they will
try to hide one on the ship. I always find some critter at some point.
Thankfully all harmless…”Carlos grinned. “A cow might not be a good idea. They’re farm animals, so they’re property – we don’t have any wild cows. And then, they’re a bit bigger than John Wayne is, so it’ll be tough to sneak one of them in.”
Edwardo just looked at Carlos. “I… I’d think that they’re more than ‘a bit’ bigger than John Wayne, Carlos…”
“The space whale, Dad,” Carlos explained. “Or… maybe Wayne’s just as big as a cow, or bigger now if he’s grown… I’m referencing the size he was I last saw him.”
Yondu grins and pulls out his pocket pad and hands it to carlos. “There’s your boy. A little bigger but still a wee baby. Oh how he was looking for you. I’d almost say you imprinted on him.”
Carlos took the tablet and looked. “Oh… he’s so big!” Carlos said. He tilted it toward his Dad, who wanted to look as well. “You were saying that he’d imprinted or something on me before, didn’t you?” Carlos then asked Yondu. “When we were discussing you coming over…”
“Yup. He’s imprinted on you. They do that. Big daddy imprinted on me but he was a adult at the time. It’s different with one so young. It means you have a special connection.”
Carlos looked at Yondu. “What… really?” he asked. “Is… my not being there with him going to hurt him any? I mean… is… is his species prone to depression or… anything?”
Yondu smiles. “He misses you greatly… but his parents are helping him cope. He’s young.”
Carlos nodded and sighed, in almost relief. “That’s… that’s very good,” he said. “I hope he’s going to be okay.”