Seizing hold of the basket with his forearm junctures, as his pincers were still out of commission, Old N immediately singled out those of its contents which seemed most perishable (or, rather, those he wanted to eat immediately), and, having selected a particularly malodorous yellowish-green ovoidal fruit and caught hold of it with his mandibles, placed the rest, basket and all - one never knew whether it might be that a basket become of vital importance at some point - into his weathered, lichen-stained sack. He then proceeded to once again forcibly insert himself into the vehicle, a feat which, given his currently increased encumbrance, was even more difficult than the previous time. Now, not only did he have to propel himself through the still outrageously small door, but he was also constrained to push the basket-swollen bag with his head, all while holding the fruit, which it had not occurred to him to place back into the basket (after all, retrieving it would not have been worth the while...). The latter part was especially difficult, as he was constantly in danger of accidentally biting off a piece of it and losing the rest somewhere on the way.

Having finally conveyed the entirety of himself, limbs, head, basket, fruit and all else, into some sort of common chamber - which was just wide enough for him to lie down, barely leaving narrow strips of floor near the walls for anyone else to move, he began to contentedly chew on his acquisition, steadily drifting off into a state of sleep-munching until interrupted by the petulant no-longer-one-armed human. [color=007236]"What we're going to do?"[/color] he gurgled, his mouth-surrogate still full of strange-smelling paste, [color=007236]"Something one apparently can't down here. Get a century's sleep. And then some."[/color] With these words, he attempted to turn onto his other side, only to remember he was not in a damp, malleable fen, nor lying on his side to begin with; slightly frustrated, he returned to his fruit, and the concomitant attempts at somnambulous consumption.