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[dinosize]

Have you ever wondered what comes next? Evolutionarily. After humans.

[ Stephen is in his own cabin, a light and airy space that doesn't really seem to suit him. The camera is propped up on the edge of a sink, where he's washing out blood and dirt from the clothes he wore while out in the port.

He's not really looking at the camera. ]

Do you think humans could ever be a food source for another animal?

Comments

[dinosize]

It's science!

[americasdirtiest]

Turkey ain't science! Jesus Christ. We need to find you a real fucking hobby.

[dinosize]

Yes it is. Ecology. Evolutionary biology. That forest was fascinating.

[americasdirtiest]

I'm going to the gym like a normal fucking human being now. You wanna come do some guy shit for a while or you wanna sit here and think about bullshit turkey science?

[dinosize]

I run thirty miles a week.

[americasdirtiest]

...and?

[dinosize]

Is that enough 'guy shit' for you?

[americasdirtiest]

No? Girls run too. My boyfriend's sister used to run that much. I'm talking about actual guy crap. Weights and shit. Tire runs. Chin-ups.

[notsoneedy]

Aren't they already? Like, all the time. Wolves and bears and all kinds of big cats will eat humans, if they get the chance. Oh, and sharks. And crocodiles.

Or did you mean like, on the regular?

[dinosize]

Only if they're desperate. Or provoked. There's a reason they tell you humans are the top of the food chain.

[dinosize]

Mickey. I was a prospect for the Olympics. You think all I do is run?

[americasdirtiest]

Seriously? That's badass, man. In what?

[dinosize]

Why don't you guess?

[keeps_a_cool_head]

An interesting speculation.

Why do you ask?

[with_my_teacup]

Take the human off earth and I can think of at least a dozen species that will eat humans unprovoked. Not often that humans hang around to become a sustainable part of the food chain, though. The great human strength isn't weapons, it's the ability to set up shot in a range of climates so wide most animals would die.

[dinosize]

Why do you find it interesting?

[dinosize]

We're very adaptable.

[keeps_a_cool_head]

Humans have become a source of interest for me. You're an odd species.

[with_my_teacup]

So far wherever human colonization has put a foothold and kept it, they've been the apex predator or wiped out the competition. But places where they couldn't take control are easy to spot. Abandoned buildings. Bones. No second try.

Nothing's come up on Earth, in my time. But Earth's climate controlled and regulated.

[rhapsody_in]

Humans are food sources for animals all the time. Why would that change in the future?

[fireincarnate]

[Oh. Her grin is lightly amused.] I am what comes next.

We're not really a different species, though. I'm pretty sure that would still be cannibalism.

[americasdirtiest]

Beach volleyball.

[dinosize]

Got it in one try. How impressive.

[dinosize]

How so?

[dinosize]

So humanity only survives as the apex predator. No real threats.