Comments on 'The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy'"But…what about the Tum—ahem, the GaIAs?" I asked. "Don't they get, um…bored, with nothing to do down there except slosh around?"
"Bored?" said Voor. "Oh, by no means. They can listen to what goes on outside—can't you, Cindy Lou?"
PFFFRRRRRT!
I glared, fanning my hand in front of my face. "Stop that!"
"—and they can also choose to enter into a state analogous to Rapid Eye Movement sleep—except, of course, they don't have eyes in that form. They have pseudopods, but you can't make a decent acronym out of Rapid Pseudo—"
"So they just…sleep? And dream?"
"It's more a sort of semi-sleep; they're still processing food and managing other functions as well. But close enough for government work."
I frowned. "And they just…have to stay inside all the time, or they die? That doesn't sound like much of a life to me."
Voor raised an eyebrow. "Stay inside or they die? Who on earth told you that?"
I slowly looked down at my stomach. It gurgled in a way that I could almost swear sounded like, "Uh-oh, _busted._"2008-03-31T15:12:22Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/25816Comment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>It seems this relationship isn’t so open.<br />Nice twist.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=531762008-03-31T15:12:22ZAlexa ♥http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018Comment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>I didn’t see that one coming. Then again I wouldn’t have ever been able to think of any of this on my own.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=522652008-03-28T15:51:26ZFlute Loop<33http://ficlets.com/authors/sashaComment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>Wow, I think his ish is going to hit the fan from her.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=521822008-03-28T04:50:32ZJ.B. Williamshttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_5182Comment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>ohhhh snap.<br />=]</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=520552008-03-27T19:06:16ZOne Time, One Chancehttp://ficlets.com/authors/one_chanceComment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>Uh-oh, she’s a liar!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=518652008-03-26T23:41:08Zflute faeriehttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061Comment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>this is gunna get really really good!!! you have done soo well keeping this story interesting!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=515462008-03-25T21:01:59ZNissakithttp://ficlets.com/authors/nerissaComment on The Secret Life of the Tummy Buddy<p>“Close enough for gernment work” That is a great line!</p>
<p>LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/25816?basename=515202008-03-25T19:12:29ZRidcully Calverthttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_joon