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The figure standing in the doorway seems reluctant to enter Milliways, but eventually, he does.
One footfall after the other brings him to Bar, and before he can sit, Nero comes bounding down the stairs and jumps into his lap.
Thud!
"I've missed you too," he says, laughing as he pets the wolfpup's head. "Is Kick here?"
No. She went home after Bar turned her hair pink.
"Oh. O-- what?"
She looked pretty!
"I'm... sure she did." Pause. "What about --"
No, the wolf answers. She's not.
"I didn't think so."
Nick's been away from the Bar for a while. It's only been less than a month, bar-time, but in his time, it's been three.
Although he didn't get the news he'd been hoping for, he definitely wouldn't mind company, especially company in the form of a familiar face.
One footfall after the other brings him to Bar, and before he can sit, Nero comes bounding down the stairs and jumps into his lap.
Thud!
"I've missed you too," he says, laughing as he pets the wolfpup's head. "Is Kick here?"
No. She went home after Bar turned her hair pink.
"Oh. O-- what?"
She looked pretty!
"I'm... sure she did." Pause. "What about --"
No, the wolf answers. She's not.
"I didn't think so."
Nick's been away from the Bar for a while. It's only been less than a month, bar-time, but in his time, it's been three.
Although he didn't get the news he'd been hoping for, he definitely wouldn't mind company, especially company in the form of a familiar face.