Event Private Finished Conservation: Breaching the Woods

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Again, the group looked at their tools and then the creatures. The nets were too small and the shock rods they had probably wouldn't do a thing. Though, as they returned the nets to their spots in the jeep trunks, most of them kept the rods to help.

Once the two women had noticed the branch, the herd leader exhaled shortly using its trunk and turned to grab more leaves from the highest parts of the trees.

One of the men who approached Noli and Amelia nodded at Amelia's suggestion, before adding, "and we got these if they get aggressive." He motioned to the shock rod in his hand.

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Noli frowned when she realized the others were planning to hang on to their shock rods. It didn't sit right with her that they were keeping them when the creatures were clearly calm.

"I-I really don't think those will be necessary...in fact, I'm sure they won't."

Considering a moment, Noli quickly ran back to the sanctuary area where they needed to lead the herd, and inspected the food. She picked up a few pieces of fruit, hoping the herd leader would find that more enticing than the leaves it was munching on. She grabbed a bag, putting all but one orange inside, then headed back to the leader.

She held the orange out toward the massive creature, hoping it would show interest.

 
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The herd leader looked at Noli searchingly as she brought it food. With its trunk, it reached forward and gently took the fruit from her hand to consume it. It considered her and the bag, smelling that she had more it turned toward her. The herd leader's trunk reached for inside the bag to eat more of the delicious fruit it had been provided with.

"That works, too, I guess," said one of the guys with obvious enthusiasm. He clipped the shock rod to his belt and went to help Noli by taking a few pieces of fruit to try and entice other members of the herd away from the trees.

Other members of the group did the same thing, albeit somewhat hesitantly. Most of them seemed uncomfortable near such large creatures and their discomfort didn't help the creatures to trust them.

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As she had thought, the fruit was more appealing than the leaves and the herd leader was soon eager to get into her bag.

“Waaaait,” she said with a giggle as she pulled the bag away from its trunk.

“One at a time,” Noli then added, pulling another fruit out. Feeding the beast one at a time, she started to guide it and the rest of its herd toward the sanctuary area. Despite their intimidating size, she was quickly starting to find them rather cute.

But clearly, there were others who did not quite feel the same way. Noli noticed the hesitation of some of the members of the group, and how the beasts seemed to shy away from them. While continuing to guide the beast with fruit, she turned to them.

“Could you guys go back to the sanctuary area and lay some fruit on the ground that will help guide them?”

Despite the difficulties going on in her life—leaving school to work on paying her father back, Lae’s anger toward her, the tension between her and Flo…she felt good in that moment. She felt in control, for once in her life. Really in control of something. It felt…right, helping these creatures.

Noli looked up at the gentle eyes of the herd leader once more, and…she felt like crying. Something about the creature’s eyes triggered an emotional response that she had not anticipated. No, not here, not right now. She was trying to do something right for once. She didn’t want her emotions to get in the way of that.

A squeak suddenly escaped her throat as she pressed her hand against her mouth. Otherwise, she tried her best to suppress her emotions while she focused on the task at hand.

 
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Those who were nervous near the large beasts (which was nearly all the group members) were happy to follow Noli's instructions to run back to the shelter and make it look more appealing.

Meanwhile, the herd had begun a slow trail toward the shelter as they followed their leader. The herd leader never stopped making eye contact with Noli as it reached forward with its trunk for more fruit.

When Noli squeaked, the herd leaders trunk forwent the fruit to instead rub along her cheeks in an almost caressing motion. It seemed to be searching for something, or perhaps this was the way the elders appeased their young.
 
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The beasts seemed calmer once the majority of the group chose to return to the shelter, as she had hoped.

But now she was the one acting up. Everything was sort of…bubbling up to the surface all of the sudden for her, and it was embarrassing. Noli didn’t want the others to see her crying, so for a moment she had stopped and buried her face into the trunk of the beast. The creature was so gentle, and while the others may have been intimidated by them—Noli could not have felt more calm and safe in that moment.

But she still had a job to do. Taking a deep breath, she raised her head once more and continued guiding the herd leader into the sanctuary area. Her eyes were still a little teary, but she wiped them off on her sleeve and focused on the task at hand.
 
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The rest of the trip to the sanctuary was uneventful as Noli managed to herd the large creatures into the enclosure using the herd leader.

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