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[pandoraboxed]

[in the fabled centre of camp, there's a sign:

ADOPT A KITTEN
Wide selection of colours available!

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[runstowardsfire]

[. . .]

Cats don't normally come in those colours . . .

[pandoraboxed]

No, definitely not.

[runstowardsfire]

[And you feel . . . oddly familiar and not familiar all at once.]

I hope they haven't been dyed.

[pandoraboxed]

[that usually happens around me]

I don't know, and I hope not. This place has a strange way of doing things.

[runstowardsfire]

[It's a different world, but still fairly in-tune with nature and the seasons . . .]

It would take some doing to dye cats. *crouches down to have a closer look at them*

[pandoraboxed]

[they all seem to be perfectly healthy! ...only blue, pink, red... they're very friendly, at any rate]

[just sighs] They'll be all right.

[runstowardsfire]

[Ah, kittens . . .]

They seem to be fine. *pets a few*

You don't sound all right . . .

[pandoraboxed]

[... blinks at her. he does sound like he's very ill]

. . . I'm all right.

[runstowardsfire]

Are you sure you're not sick?

[pandoraboxed]

... I didn't say that. I said I was all right. [I feel temporarily all right now compared to usually :||||| so, not lying]

[runstowardsfire]

So you have good days and bad days?

I'm not a doctor, but I've seen sick people before.

[pandoraboxed]

I have mostly bad days. This is rare.

[crouches down to pet one of the cats]

[runstowardsfire]

[The cats like you a lot.]

. . . Do you know why you're sick?

[pandoraboxed]

[the cats love me like nothing else]

Yes.

[runstowardsfire]

[That's amazing considering how aloof they become when they grow up.]

Can you get help for it?

[pandoraboxed]

[age has no matter~]

Not really. Not immediately. [hopefully gradually if people get their wits together]