Day 61

When we woke it was already raining and the Rani in the street carried on regardless. I hadn't really taken a look at them before in this weather. Blood seemed to wash off of them but seemed endless; making the roads redden. Of course most of this would be washed away after they move on but I still found it slightly absurd. It wasn't a huge quantity but unless they fed surely they couldn't replenish anything. Unless of course something was wrong completely with my idea of the Rani. Could it be they don't follow the seven signs of being alive? (Nutrition-check, Excretion-I haven't checked, Reproduction-does conversion count?, Growth-time will tell, Sensitivity-no pain receptors noticed, Respiration-not that I've seen, Movement)

It begs the question: What is life?

I watched them pass all day with the rain coming and going. Another day wasted for my plan, but not in learning a bit about our biggest two foes.

Weather: it's not easy but you can judge in the pattern of the weather in the current day what it will be like tomorrow. It's not exact but it's probably as reliable as the weather reports we used to get. It cannot be explained, I just hope in telling you this you can try to learn yourself.

Rani: there is something more to them. I notice it more and more every day. A pack mentality but at the same time lone hunters. If one catches your scent they alone will get you. In this way they are not a pack. At the same time they instinctively know where the others of their kind are, and what direction they are going. So why don't they act upon one of their own changing direction rapidly? There is too much contradiction here. Almost as if their mind isn't wired correctly, that it is only half functioning. All I can hope is that their brains do not get more coherent. We've almost died a number of times running from a mindless beast. Running from a thinking beast? I don't fancy the chances.

I hope you make another day