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Tonight in Milliways! Free show compliments of a very excited puppy with a new toy.

Miniver is sitting close by, laughing at her. He's got his working clothes on (read: emo black jeans with emo black shirt -- hey he works backstage!) and a glass of whiskey in his hand.

Come join them.

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Ana had been around.

Yes. 'Around' that mythical land where people are when nobody's seen them for a while.

In any case, Miniver and spazzy!Puppy were enough to get her attention, wherever it was she'd been, "Does she bite?" This was a very important question.

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Ohgodchildren. Miniver tends to be a bit guarded around children he doesn't know, at first.

Like the way he is with dogs!

But not Kate. "Naw. Not really. She sometimes playbites me, but she knows not to do it hard." Pause. "Hi." He smiles shyly at her.

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She grinned then, flopping herself down on her stomach on the floor, bringing herself face-to-face with the dog, addressing her in the requisite baby-talk: "Whoooo's just the cutest lilpuppy ever? Hmm?"

She liked being 8, she didn't have to worry about being dignified when she was 8.

She smiled up at Miniver once more, "Black doesn't suit you, just so you know."

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The puppy lickes her face delightedly, apparently taking imediate liking to the girl.

Miniver... seems confused. "Doesn't it? I have to dress like this for work, see, though..."

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She shrugged, rolling over on her back and scratching the puppy behind the ears, "Oh, okay then. That's a horse of a different color."

It was right about then that Duck made his appearance, dropping out of the rafters and landing on the back of the couch, sighing in his melodramatic way and inching sideways along it until he was close enough to stick his beak in Miniver's drink.

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Miniver JUMPS!

And... oh... wait.

"Ana?" He laughs then. "Oh, gosh, I didn't realize it was you like that. Hi, Anna. Um, yeah, I got a job working backstage at a theatre. I do lights. Stagehands all wear black, so the audience doesn't notice us. Hey. How d'you like my little girl?"

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She grinned again, still ruffling the puppy's ears, "I like dogs." And Kate was certainly no exception.

She twisted herself around to sit crosslegged on the floor, "And that sounds like a pretty awesome job, you having fun?" Because clearly that was the most important thing.

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"Oh yeah! Shoot, how long has it been since I've seen you? I'm living in Los Angeles now, with Pickles! He brought this little doll home two days ago. Her name's Kate. Y'know, I used to be really scared of dogs, but damn, how can anyone be scared of that?"

Kate trots up to Miniver with her toy in her mouth and drops it, wagging her tail proudly. Miniver grabs her and scritches her and wrestles her onto her back so he can scritch her belly, then plops her back in front of Ana. "I missed you! Dart has too, I bet. He's not here right now, I had him in to fly him before work but he's grumpy today. I think he doesn't like winter much. Do I get a hug?"

Aww, look at the poet pout. It's probably the cutest thing ever other than the puppy.

...who has Miniver's eyes.

Yes, these two go together nicely.

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"Dude!" Was the initial response to this news, followed by: "Man! That's awesome!" And then a bright laugh at the question, climbing up onto the couch and slinging both arms around him.

"Good to know you're doing well." She smiled then, half-impish, "You want anything for Christmas?"

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ANA GETS POETHUGS. Liek wo. Kate sees this, and wants to join to! She leaps up with them. Miniver grabs her for snuggling too.

"...shoot, I dunno. Like I got stuff for people," he looks smirky at her, "but I never know what to ask for. Um. I really don't need anything. But c'n I maybe come to where you live one time for tea or whatever? Your cooking is AWESOME. So's where you live." That would be a great present in his mind.

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She laughed again, giving the puppy a snuggle and an ear-ruffle, "Sure! I mean, that's easy" She shrugged, "Bring Pickles too if he wants to come, we'll make a party out of it."

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Miniver grins brightly. "That's perfect then. Aw, thanks, Ana." He keeps one arm around her while Kate burrows between them. Miniver plays with her tail. "Y'don't get your present 'til Christmas, though."

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She grinned once more, shrugging, "Okay, I'll probably be around. Making another batch of jelly critters for whoever's around. They're fun. Blackberry turtles and gooseberry goldfinches and marmalade squirrels and probably some raspberry fieldmice. Going to see if I can make a rattlesnake, don't know what kind of jam I'm going to use yet."

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"Rosemary," Miniver suggests. "And sage. That sweet-savoury stuff you put on fancy cheeses."

Kate is nawing one of Ana's sleeves. She may want to rescue it.

"But um... aren't rattlesnakes poisonous?"

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Pffft, they've had worse than puppy-gnawing. Especially given as how Ana was 8.

She shrugged, "Not when you make them out of jam. People might get a little sticky if they get bit, but that's all."

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"Rosemary, then. Or make things out of honey! A honeysnake would be gorgeous. Pickles has a python, y'know. Called Axl. I adore him, really."

Miniver scritches the puppy as she gnaws on Ana's sleeve more.