21 // Working Late Nights

[neverendingbeat]

On my way home from work, an enormous green terrier sprang on me from behind, picked me up in its mouth, and shook me like a rat. There doesn't seem to be an end to the City's surprises. At least I was finally given a break from the curses: absolutely nothing happened to me on Wednesday. Of course, it would be for a curse almost whimsical in its

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[dreamsofnoah]

A kitten?

[neverendingbeat]

Yes.

[dreamsofnoah]

It looks very fluffy.

[neverendingbeat]

She is.

[dreamsofnoah]

Le-Len ate one just like her once!

[neverendingbeat]

How...fortunate for him? The fur didn't lodge in his throat?

[dreamsofnoah]

...oh, so that's why it took him so long to swallow it.

[neverendingbeat]

A rather useless defense mechanism on the part of the kitten.

[dreamsofnoah]

I think that's why they try to make themselves look cute.

But snakes don't care about that.

[neverendingbeat]

They have no reason to.
Incidentally, if that fact is anything but casual chat or a warning, I feel obliged to warn or casually mention to you in return that if Len-Len somehow finds his way into my apartment and tries to eat Masha, I will not hesitate to shoot him. But I assume it won't come to that, of course.

[dreamsofnoah]

Pfft, I was just making conversation.

You don't have anything to worry about from him.

[neverendingbeat]

That's good. I just felt the need to be certain. And I wouldn't imagine so. If anything, I think Masha's so daft she'd initiate it herself accidentally by trying to make friends. She nearly lost an eye to a pigeon attempting that earlier.

[dreamsofnoah]

...you need to teach her better.

[neverendingbeat]

I've not even had her a day, give me time. Luckily, she's a kitten, so her mind is extremely malleable. I can make certain reactions and processes natural, without having to keep a hold on them. A little bit like a bonsai tree.

[dreamsofnoah]

I just make Len-Len do whatever I want him to. It's easier.

[neverendingbeat]

I could, but it wouldn't be as fun. I enjoy my hobby.