Aura woke from her short nap refreshed to see that Rijka and Zay were still going at each other.  Reaching over to kiss them both, she then jumped down from the rock.  Hot from the delicious drilling Zay had given her and from sleeping in the suns she ran across the sands and jumped into the suns warmed water.  Swimming under its refreshing coolness until her lungs needed oxygen, she quickly resurfaced and made her way to shore.  Feeling better than she had in ages, it was good just to celebrate being alive.<br/><br/>Aura grabbed her now dry clothing and sorting through it, pulled on the least amount of clothing she could get away with and still feel comfortable-- her sports bra, boy shorts, cotton socks and boots.  Taking the diamond edged knife and her scanner, she shouted to the two on the rock, "Going for food, and headed off into the jungle."<br/><br/>The late afternoon noises were amazing and many were similar to her home world and even that of earth.  Some sounded remarkably like bird calls, yet the creature making such noises were as far from birds as could be described.  Gone for about twenty minutes, Aura came upon a lizardlike creature, scanning it for edibility, she found it had all the nutritional values they needed and was not poisonous.  Instead of being long thought, this creature was wide as though it were a gumby that some stretched the other way.  Stiffling a giggle, Aura made a noise to see if it frightened.  The creature immediately changed to match the color surrounding it, and froze in place.  She could sense fear in it, but no higher functions.  Grateful it was not sentient, she killed it quickly so as to cause it as little pain as possible.  Slitting it's throat and slicing it open, she drained the blood and cleaned its insides out, leaving them there for some other hungry creature.  Slinging the lizardthing over her back, she made her way back to base and began skinning her kill to roast on a fire.