Back at home --
Shopping trip! Not exactly something Midnight was an expert at, mind you, but this was different.
This involved he and Vesper wandering their way through any number of pet supply stores and similar establishments -- and now they were home again, with shiny new toys.
Said 'toys' being a ten-gallon aquarium, plus heater, filter, funny charcoal and cotton batting, gravel and plants and bits of coral and nifty rocks ...
... and the fish. Can't forget the fish!
Indeed, a little row of water-filled clear plastic bags had already been set down, each one containing one or two or three mollies or swordtails.
Now, to put it all together --
This involved he and Vesper wandering their way through any number of pet supply stores and similar establishments -- and now they were home again, with shiny new toys.
Said 'toys' being a ten-gallon aquarium, plus heater, filter, funny charcoal and cotton batting, gravel and plants and bits of coral and nifty rocks ...
... and the fish. Can't forget the fish!
Indeed, a little row of water-filled clear plastic bags had already been set down, each one containing one or two or three mollies or swordtails.
Now, to put it all together --