It's a fine and pleasant day by local standards, whether it's in a bar or on a ship or off somewhere else entirely, and everything is going just as you'd expect it to go.
And then there is a poink! noise, and something has changed. You, and everyone else around you, is suddenly accompanied by an animal... an intelligent, talking animal that gives
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Narcissa looks down pointedly at the white fox curled around her ankles, looking for all the world like if it wasn't extremely warm it would probably have something to say on the matter too.
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Shephard isn't bothering to try and look at the creature that's following him around. Honeybees move a little too quickly for that when they're excited, or thrust into a novel environment.
"I kind of want t'know who set this whole shebang off, myself. Might be him'n me need to have a few words."
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She eyes the swarm of bees, though. "At least, mine seems to be." Bees can STING things, for Merlin's sake.
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That part is addressed to the little bee cloud, whose buzzing took on a very distinctly displeased tone at his words.
"All I was gonna say is, I could just go home'n hang out 'round my momma's hives. Nice fox you got there, though. Ain't seen one of the white ones in a long damn time."
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Gordon's only just looked up from the apparently high-magnification glass marble that materialized in his pocket a short while ago.
"I take it your companion's new to you, too?"
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"Very. I mean, I know what he is. I've read enough books to be able to identify Gulo gulo. But I don't... quite..."
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The tiger is staaaaaring right back.
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Alyx looks over as well, managing a faint smile. "Hi."
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He's got a feeling he ought to know the name. It's one of those things.
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"Stop that!"
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The cat hisses as he climbs up on Kale's shoulder. His gold eyes were the only solid thing about him.
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You can't tell because he's wearing his helmet, but his eyebrows are reaching for his hairline.
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"What's that?"
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Also considered something of a blight on whatever place they occupy, but Kain doesn't mention that.
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"Oh, do you know why you have it?"
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