Up, down, up down... Bobbing away, with little care in the world. The Shelled Clumps appeared happy, though This One figured it didn't have that capacity yet. Come to think of it, This One was unsure of whether it itself knew what happiness was. Surely there was a way to figure this problem out. It fell to the darkest depths, and observed the Fire Feeders, still very basic in their design. Should It start the differentiating process with these Ones too? After some thought, it decided against it. They appeared fine enough, and intelligence could be more of a burden to it than an advantage, so It decided to have some... Fun.

For a while, This One had noticed the glowing points of light swimming about the Fire Feeders, and altered them to absorb these creatures. It took little effort, and now the Fire Feeders glowed brightly, As a result, they were preyed on more regularly, but This One didn't mind. It was having fun! Unable to stop there, This One decided to alter their shape too, and made them a hexagonal shape. It didn't benefit or hinder the Fire Feeders, but it was certainly something interesting to do. Proud of this little endeavor, it went back to work on the Shelled Clumps, and observed another issue in a constant stream of problems.

They stopped reproducing as quickly, and their Code was getting more and more difficult to alter meaningfully. Something needed to be done. It needed help. But as far as it knew, no One else was here, so it needed it's creations to take some of the workload off. Perhaps if each one had different Codes, and could mix and match between different Shelled Clumps? So, it started to develop little packets of Code that each individual released, to be absorbed by others, and allow for new codes to be randomly organised in new offspring. After some time, it had completed it's work, and sat back, eager to watch how this experiment played out.

Such fun almost seemed irresponsible to This One.

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12% - Fire Seeker alterations
14% - Production of primitive Gamete Cells in Shelled Clumps
9% - Unused
65% - Undeveloped

The Crawling Seeker starts down on the path of reproduction, and alters the Shelled Clumps to increase genetic variation. To ascertain if the process was a success, The Crawling Seeker now avoids altering them for a time, to see how they naturally and randomly adapt. Also, the Fire Feeders shape and colour has been altered, purely for amusement, and actually increases fatality rates for the Fire Feeders, [/hider]