I cannot say Balliver is just a ball.

Rupert's P.O.V

I don't know what compelled me to do such, but I was in the Bonehemoth again. Out of all places, I had to pick the most unsanitary.

I walked along a path in which I believed was the Bonehemoth's throat. Occasionally, I stopped to dig up a jewel rock or a fossil rock. Finally I reached it's mouth. The whale's tonsil, or Lord Tonzilla, flopped about. He seemed happy. Though how the tonsil can speak or be happy or be alive is still an enigma.

Robinson, the man who assisted Pauleen, Dina, and I escape this creature the first time around was here as well. He looked no different than when we first met. His hair was still in front of his face, obscuring his vision, his clothes were the same. He waved at me before sauntering over.

"Well pat m'back and call me chum! Look who came over to visit, Balliver!"

Look's like he is still talking to that ball. Perhaps I should break the news to him that 'Balliver' is an inanimate object and is not alive?

"C'mon Balliver, don't be shy. Say hello to our guest!"

...Yes. It must be done. For he can finally leave this gigantic whale and actually socialize with humans.

"Greetings Robinson. I don't mean to be a bother but... you do realize that Balliver is not actually real, yes?"

Robinson looked at me as if I were the one who was completely bonkers. He then burst out into hysterical laughter. "You heard that Balliver? He said that you ain't alive! You are quite the card, sonny."

Hm, he refuses to believe me. This is worse than I thought. "I do wish to say I was joking but I am not. You should really stop making conversation with that ball. It is unhealthy. You should be interacting with human beings."

It took a moment or two for it to sink into his head. Then something had happened that I never would have expected.

"Balliver, I choose you!" he threw the ball at me and it grew about ten times its original size and even grew a pair of legs. I can barely recall what happened after that. I can faintly remember screaming in a rather girly tone and running faster than I had ever imagined.

How can that thing even be alive?