the cat

[instar]

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[hold_infinity]

"So how long did it take Ethan to ask if he could skin you and wear you as a coat?"

[aeskhyne]

Trouble giggles by thought-speak; out loud, he is still purring.

<I wouldn't make much of a coat, unless he skinned me several times,> he points out. <...And it was like ten seconds.>

[instar]

Bella appears to find this inordinately hilarious.

[aeskhyne]

<I said not until he learns how to actually make a fur coat,> he adds, <which shut him up about it. Mostly.>

[instar]

"Yeah, there's probably some difficult curing process involved," snorts Bella.

[aeskhyne]

<And I bet sewing fur gets complicated.>

[instar]

"Probably."

[aeskhyne]

<Wanna pet me?>

[instar]

"Sure why not."

[aeskhyne]

Trouble rolls out of Robin's lap and hops up into Bella's.

[instar]

Pet pet.

[aeskhyne]

<I'm soft and fluffy,> he says smugly, purring up a storm. <And cute as hell.>

[instar]

"You are," she agrees. "So before you came in, we were talking about how to get you and Charlie generic human morphs while you're supposed to be dead, and the going plan - given that there are many unknowns and severe risks associated with graverobbing and mosquito vomit - is that you fly to Las Vegas and acquire unsupervised drunk people."

[aeskhyne]

<Sounds good to me,> he says contentedly.

[instar]

Pet, pet, pet.

[aeskhyne]

Purrrrrsnugglesnugglepurrrrrrrrr.

[instar]

"You would make an excellent coat."

[aeskhyne]

<I totally would,> he agrees. <Wanna skin me?>

[instar]

"And get blood on your pretty fur? I don't know how to make coats either."

[aeskhyne]

Purr-giggle.

[instar]

Pet, pet. Sigh of indeterminate emotional content.

[aeskhyne]

Snuggle snuggle purr. Trouble's emotional content is easy to determine: he's a cat, and he's getting petted. Happily.

[instar]

Yep. He's pretty readable that way. The purring is helpful.

[aeskhyne]

It is!

Purr purr.



Eventually: <All right, I'm gonna go show off some more. See ya!>

And he jumps lightly out of her lap and races out of the room and down the stairs.

[pandion]

Andi and Ax are in the garage, and she is explaining the cultural context of the Beatles.