Forty Three

[why_born]

So, I finally released the swamp... the alligators into the duckpond. Thank the cat. You guys can all stop spazzing about them now, they can’t hurt you.

...Uh, unless you go swimming in the duckpond. But after that whole squid thing who’d want to? You’re just asking for it

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[ruin_mania]

But what if it's another native species? We must catalogue all of them, Wybie!

[why_born]

But...it's a frog. And it looks kinda...dead.

[ruin_mania]

It's snoring, Wybie. It's a biological fact that Earth frogs do not snore.

[why_born]

Yeah. I'd be worried about that if we were on Earth. But we're not. We don't get eyeless buffalo or eight legged sheep on Earth, either.

...Well, there was that lamb in Ripley's Believe it or Not, but that doesn't count.

[ruin_mania]

But don't you see? That's precisely why it may be a new species!

[why_born]

Unless it starts trying to eat us all, I think I'll pass. I got into enough trouble with the alligators.

[ruin_mania]

Well, I suppose that's fair enough. I do hope they'll be safe in the pond.

[...Safe from residents or safe for residents, she doesn't bother to clarify.]

[why_born]

The cat thinks they will be, and he knows everything.

[ruin_mania]

I suppose he is rather wise, for a cat.

[why_born]

Yeah! He knew all about the Other World and when things were dangerous and stuff. He's really smart.

[ruin_mania]

I'm not surprised, considering how well he presented himself on the journey to the spiders' swamp. He seems to have a good deal of common sense, at least - something lacking in many adventurers, I'm afraid.

[why_born]

I think he kept Coraline alive more than she'd ever admit.

[ruin_mania]

I'd not be surprised. For all their pride, cats can be disdainful of being recognized.

[why_born]

Well, he doesn't do the name thing. I remember Gramma trying to call him all sorts of names and he'd never come to them.

[ruin_mania]

And that's why he's just the cat, I suppose?

[why_born]

Uh huh. He doesn't think cats need names.