[video] Strays

[supernova1006]

[The feed opens with Jin and a cat. Only it's not one of the clockwork cats; it's a real cat this time, a scraggly gray and white one. It's currently draped around Jin's shoulders, nestled down into his scarf and fast asleep. When Jin speaks it's in a low voice.]

So uh, randomly these guys found me. [He tilts the camera to reveal two more cats

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[needs_answers]

[Kind of an odd expression.] A friend back home got adopted by a cat. Didn't realize there were any of them outside, I don't know, the garden zones.

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[supernova1006]

Hi, Shaun!

Yeah, I don't know either. They must be strays. I think cats secretly have teleportation powers.

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[needs_answers]

... I think I read speculative fiction like that once. Or, you know skimmed.

Actually, now that I think about it, I think it was more like the cat who walked through doors. That's slightly different from teleportation, right?

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[supernova1006]

Heh, sounds like a neat story, really! Yeah, though, I guess phasing is different from teleportation. Either way, clearly cats are magical.

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[needs_answers]

Apparently!

How was the walkabout?

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[supernova1006]

Oh, it was great! It's beautiful out there, it really is. You forget it's all on a space station half the time.

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[needs_answers]

... glad to hear that. I mean, I guess some of that can be used by everybody.

Granted, my conditioned reflex is to be on full alert when I don't have clear lines of sight all around.

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[supernova1006]

Yeah, I can understand that. Thankfully there aren't any zombies here. Though I did get chased around by a bear and a moose and a tiger and...a honey badger too...out there.

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[needs_answers]

... you got chased... by a badger?

Man, those things don't even hit the forty-pounds KA line, why'd you even run from it?

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[supernova1006]

A honey badger! They're really vicious!

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[needs_answers]

Well, probably, but how much damage can he or she do to you anyway?

Besides, aren't they vicious when they feel in danger or some such?

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[supernova1006]

Well they can bite through tendons, I think...it's just a really bad idea for anything to bite me.

Honey badgers are kinda, uh, special.

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[needs_answers]

Mph. I guess I'm too used to be only afraid of bites from potentially amplified creatures. Things that aren't going to make me amplify? Well. They can heal.

Although I guess that one would be nasty. Makes running hella difficult.

Anyway. You managed to get away?

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[supernova1006]

Heh, well, I have to be a...little more careful around animals than most people.

Yeah, haha. It gave up once I'd left its territory.

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[needs_answers]

All right, I'm even more curious. What might happen if they do bite you? What about the cats? What about cat scratches?

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[supernova1006]

It's just, uh, my blood is a little dangerous. Cat scratches usually aren't bad enough to worry about, but anything else could be pretty...unfortunate.