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[shiro2hero]

[It's very, very early morning when the video flicks on. Displaying someone who really should still have been asleep. But he's smiling, and pans the camera over to where one of the purple alien cats has apparently, in true cat fashion, decided Shiro's bedroll is its new bed, and no one else's.]

Finally got him to stick around long enough for a nap. [He's speaking in an undertone, and fondly, too.] He'll probably wander off after he wakes up, but...

Maybe we can get him to help with the hunting around here.

[A pause.] At least, I've been calling him... him.

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[inconsequence]

An unconventional title, I will grant you that. But all in all too likely to be shouted in the face of your new feline, should it be teething and hungry.

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[shiro2hero]

If he didn't do that on day one, I doubt it's going to happen any time soon.

[Also if it comes to that, there's always the metal arm to offer it.]

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[inconsequence]

One can always hope.

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[shiro2hero]

I'll be fine.

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[inconsequence]

I wasn't asking, but I hear it helps to reassure yourself of these things.

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[shiro2hero]

Is there a point to this? Or did you just drop by to be pessimistic and cryptic?

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[inconsequence]

[You mean you don't appreciate their winsome commentary? For shame.]

I wanted to know if your cat is amenable to petting or if one would simply be risking losing a few fingers in the process.

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[shiro2hero]

Then why not start with that? Instead of "you should put it down".

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[inconsequence]

Where's the Fun in that?

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[shiro2hero]

Getting an answer faster, for one thing.

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[inconsequence]

I am not fond of repeating myself.

But that sounds profoundly uninteresting.

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[shiro2hero]

Then I guess I'll just disappoint.

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[inconsequence]

Most humans do.

[Presuming he is one, of course. He appears to be one, but it's hard to say. Not everyone who looks human, apparently, actually is one.]

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[shiro2hero]

"most humans"?

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[inconsequence]

That is what I said, yes.

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[shiro2hero]

Meaning... there are some who aren't? Or--?

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[inconsequence]

In an ironic turn of events, I must repeat that I am not fond of repeating myself. How sad.

Very seldom does one find a human that is, at best, "tolerable."

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[shiro2hero]

I'm asking for clarification. Not repetition.

Then maybe it's a good thing you're in space.

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[inconsequence]

Perhaps. Yet I find myself surrounded by humans regardless.

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[shiro2hero]

In that case, maybe you'll find a working Ingress and end up on another world.

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[inconsequence]

How unfortunate for that other world.

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[shiro2hero]

Depends on the world.

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[inconsequence]

I doubt any world will be pleased to entertain a demon.

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[shiro2hero]

[Wow ok then edgelord.]

Like I said.

You'd be surprised.

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[inconsequence]

[Totally a demon, excuse you sir. They've got a scary face and red eyes and everything!!!!]

I'll be sure to send you a pleasant postcard once I have utterly desecrated its inhabitants.