A New Friend?

"What?"

Hearing Dominic suddenly say such strange words, Alicia paused, looked up, and asked, "Is there... something else in the forest?"

"Well, there should be."

Dominic rubbed his head, enduring the pain, and said, "According to everything I've read before, tigers travel alone most of the time and only come together during mating season until the female tigress has her cubs."

"Do you mean there might be cubs in the tiger's den?"

Despite her initial slowness, Alicia reacted upon hearing this. However, she soon showed a puzzled expression and said, "But what about those cubs? They don't have food on such a bad day as this. It's hard for them to survive, so we shouldn't worry. Maybe you…"

Having said that, she raised her eyebrows, understood Dominic's thoughts, and said, "Do you want to raise them?"

"I don't know; it's just a temporary idea that came to my mind."

Dominic simply sighed and said, "After all, the lethality of these tigers is not low. If they can be raised from a young age, it could have an unexpected effect on our organization."

"Your way of thinking is a bit dangerous."

Alicia slightly frowned and reminded herself, "Even if we can really raise them in captivity, this is a double-edged sword. If the arrangements are not appropriate, we could suffer before even facing the enemy, and it's not something convenient."

After saying this, Alicia shook the freshly cut piece of meat on the board and said, "And a big guy like this is fine when young, but eats a lot when older, and it's not necessarily positive either."

"Mmm, Ezekiel has a lot of experience with tigers, but we are still not sure if there are more tigers."

Dominic waved his hand, and suddenly, a strong smell of meat came from behind, and his stomach immediately began to growl.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Hearing this sound, Alicia couldn't help but joke, and then placed a steaming bowl of pork rib soup in front of Dominic and said, "Hurry up and eat."

Dominic wasn't polite either; he took the soup spoon, blew on it gently, and then started tasting it.

After eating the whole bowl of soup, his stomach calmed down, and his body began to warm up.

His mind became groggy again, and sleepiness returned. Dominic shook his head, stood up with crutches, and said, "After eating, I'll go to sleep for a while."

"Alright."

Seeing his tired face, Alicia nodded with some care.

"Okay, maybe I still haven't rested enough."

Unable to suppress a yawn, Dominic returned to his room step by step, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep again.

…

In the following days, due to the continuous wind and heavy rain outside, Dominic had been recovering in the room and only focused on that, also doing small exercises to reactivate the dormant muscles in his injured limbs.

The initial pain in his right arm and right leg had significantly alleviated, and it was estimated that he could fully recover in less than a week.

As for the possibility of tiger cubs in the reserve, Alicia sincerely told Rick and Daryl, and they mentioned that due to the severe weather, they couldn't approach for now.

After the wind and snow subsided, Dominic went out of the house for a walk.

The story of Dominic fighting a tiger up close had somehow spread throughout the base, so when he appeared, he quickly attracted the attention of those around him, and everyone bowed their heads and started discussing it.

"Is this true? I thought it was just a rumor!"

"Rick said it himself; how can it be false? Daryl faced a bear; didn't you see the carcasses?"

"It's really incredible."

All sorts of comments reached Dominic's ears, but he didn't care at all, as it didn't cause him any discomfort. Well, he liked those rumors about him.

"Hey, are you so free today?"

When Dominic found Glenn, he saw Glenn sitting in a chair, looking extraordinarily calm.

Looking at Dominic walking away, Glenn put down the water glass in his hand and said, "Don't you want to recover well? What are you doing here?"

"Isn't this more activity to help the wound heal?"

Dominic smiled, found a chair, sat down, and said, "It seems the base is developing well and the food problem has been resolved."

"It's also thanks to your efforts."

Glenn slowly stood up, poured a cup of hot water for Dominic, and said, "A grizzly bear and two tigers are not just meat, but many weapons were also confiscated from the enemies. Although the bodies brought back are numerous, everyone is inevitably used to that in this place."

"Glenn! Look what I brought!"

At that moment, a car was heard outside, and Negan and Daryl hurriedly entered, looking extremely excited.

But when he saw Dominic, the smile on his face widened, and he said, "Dominic, you're here too; what do you think this is?"

Looking at the cages in Negan and Daryl's hands, Dominic saw two tiger cubs lying quietly inside and said with some surprise, "They are cats; I can't believe it."

Daryl frowned and said, "Those cats are much bigger."

Putting the cage on the table, Rick said, "When we found them, there was food that had been eaten in the den. Unfortunately, we found a dead cub."

"So, why did you bring those cubs back?"

Regarding this pair of tiger cubs, Glenn jumped like a frightened chicken and said, "We don't have enough food in this place, and raising such dangerous creatures, which, by the way, Dominic, you almost died at the hands of their parents, is unacceptable to be so careless."

"This…"

Hearing what Glenn said, Rick scratched his head and turned to look at Dominic, indicating that since he wanted some cats, he had to deal with all this.

"Returning to the base, there will be no problem giving one to Ezekiel."

Daryl was happy and opened a cage.

"Wow, wow, wow..."

Suddenly disturbed from its sleep, the cub half-opened its confused eyes, its limbs began to move irregularly, and it emitted immature sounds.

"Since you have your cats, your idea of looking for more cats should be finished."

At that moment, Alicia came out of the house and asked, "Cats? Are you talking about the dozen cats in the central base? The kids often play with them; they are very cute."

Dominic and Daryl froze, turned their heads stiffly at each other, and unconsciously said, "Are there cats in the base, and which one exactly?"