The preparations for the breakout began early with plans drawn for freeing the Merlion and the boy, gathering food for the boy and deciding who would make the trip.
Meanwhile the Council of the Merlions attempted to indoctrinate the Merlion but the hope that the boy and the young Merlion had instilled meant that nothing ever went in as he merely inwardly counted down to the breakout.
It started in the dead of night. The young Merlion and some friends silently swam to the cages of first the Merlion, then the boy (separated since the Merlion met his mother). One of these comrades, a larger Merlion, had always been taken to stealing extra food until his parents (and then other families) began to lock up their food, meaning he had become adept at picking locks- a skill now finally used for the benefit of others. Once freed, the boy once again took to his Merlion’s back and together they joined the army of Merlions bound for Singapore in the centre of the lagoon.
Here their mission faced its first opposition. The emergency tunnel was guarded by half of the Council’s army, the rest having been alerted as the breakaway army approached. The Merlion’s uncle, though, could see in the eyes of this army that they did not truly want this fight but that they would have it if necessary.
In the absence of any Council members he decided to take advantage of his voice and remind them of The Dream.
Meanwhile the Council of the Merlions attempted to indoctrinate the Merlion but the hope that the boy and the young Merlion had instilled meant that nothing ever went in as he merely inwardly counted down to the breakout.
It started in the dead of night. The young Merlion and some friends silently swam to the cages of first the Merlion, then the boy (separated since the Merlion met his mother). One of these comrades, a larger Merlion, had always been taken to stealing extra food until his parents (and then other families) began to lock up their food, meaning he had become adept at picking locks- a skill now finally used for the benefit of others. Once freed, the boy once again took to his Merlion’s back and together they joined the army of Merlions bound for Singapore in the centre of the lagoon.
Here their mission faced its first opposition. The emergency tunnel was guarded by half of the Council’s army, the rest having been alerted as the breakaway army approached. The Merlion’s uncle, though, could see in the eyes of this army that they did not truly want this fight but that they would have it if necessary.
In the absence of any Council members he decided to take advantage of his voice and remind them of The Dream.
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