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[Christmas is steadily approaching. Perry always loved this holiday, but he just can't seem to get into the spirit this time. It can be partly blamed on the fact that for him, it was still summer break less than two months ago. For the most part, though, it's because Christmas is a time of family. The family that isn't here. Christmas just reminds

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[Lizzie is out for a walk and a visit to the clothing store to see if she can find more clothes suitable for her and Ciel. Victorian fashion is rare to come by, you know and she has yet to find a tailor. She's happily humming as she goes there, but will stop upon seeing a... Thing on the steps outside the store.]

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[... Yeah, this little girl has never seen a platypus before so she's a bit 'what's that' for a moment, but it really don't matter because... It's something that seems to be sad. And is sitting like a person. And wearing a hat.

Seriously she doesn't know what it is but...]

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So cute!!!

[She knows it's cute and seems in need of a hug. Don't mind the little noble girl suddenly hugging you, Perry.]

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[He was so lost in thought, he didn't even see Lizzie coming. He wasn't expecting that sudden embrace either, and for a split second, he's actually under the impression that he's being attacked.]

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[As soon as he realizes that it's just a harmless hug, though, he relaxes in Lizzie's embrace.]

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[She wouldn't even harm a fly, really. Anyway, the hug eventually ends and she holds Perry up to get another good look.]

Awww, you are so cute! Look at you with that hat and that beak. I didn't know there were so many adorable things here!

My name's Elizabeth Middleford! Do you want to be friends?

[She... Still doesn't know that animals talk here so she just speaks as she would to any animal that she doesn't expect to answer her.]

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[When she picks Perry up, he has to hold onto his hat with one paw to make sure it doesn't fall off his head. Even if Lizzie doesn't expect him to answer, Perry didn't interpret the question as rhetorical. She looks like a nice girl, so why not be friends? He nods his head with something aching to a smile.]

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[It's... Nodding? And smiling! He wants to be friends too! Awesome!]

Wonderful! It's nice to meet you! Uh...

[She doesn't have a name, but asking him for it would be silly, right? Uhm, it doesn't seem he has a collar with his name. Oh, maybe it's on a label on his hat? Maaay be trying to take that hat carefully.]

Do you have your name on a label there?

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[Oh, no no no! No touching the hat! It's not that he's so possessive, it's that he's worried she may accidentally activate one of his gadgets, like the buzzsaw or the cheese spray. Both would end very ugly, and there's a lot of other gadgets in there too. So he'll be keeping a firm grasp on his hat.

But hey, if she really wants to know his name, his journal is lying on the steps next to where he was sitting. A journal with his name on it.]

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[He may not be possessive but it sure seems that way to her, but that's okay, she'll stop trying to get it when he starts to keep a grasp on it. She can't understand why he does that but... Well, last time she took something from someone against their will it ended badly, with Ciel angry and she breaking it. Lizzie honestly would like to avoid that again if she can help it.]

Uhm... But how am I going to know your name? Or maybe you don't have one? Do you have a name?

[Well, he nodded before, maybe he can understand enough and nod if he has a name? Lizzie keeps him in her arms at any rate, moving to hold him with one arm upon noticing the journal, picking it up with her free hand.]

Hmm? Did someone lose their journal?

[She'll read the name on it and all but... Yeah, it won't click it's his unless he takes it or something. She's not a dumb girl... But she's still not used to all the kind of things one can find in Luceti.]

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[When Lizzie picks up the journal, Perry starts wriggling in her grasp a little, his tail flapping like a paddleball racket. He tries to take the book from her other hand, but it's just out of reach for him. Curse these tiny platypus arms!]

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[Curse them, but she notices him trying to get it. She eyes the journal, then at him... And brings the journal closer to him so he can get it. What do you want to do with it, little one?]

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[He takes it and holds it to his chest, before a thought hits him. Holding the journal up with one paw, he points to the enscribed name with the other. Hint hint.]