applebough | w5 curfew: dog park

All right, a hare I know, but you're going to have to explain what a vole is.

[ we have the internet. just shows him a little picture. ]

Like this. They remind me of jerboas, but their ears are smaller. Legs too.

[ anotha one. ]

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[squinting at it ....]

I appreciate you not going with some type of bug, but I'm not sure how to feel about the rodents, either?

Small, easy to carry around in your pocket.

But fine. What would you like to be?

Now I know you're not calling me small, Io...

I don't know, a dog?

[ does not respond to that first bit. ]

Hm. Dogs are good. What kind?

[HEY. he noticed that, thanks.]

... maybe one of these guys.

[reaching over io to pet the border collie.]

[ he's just a lil guy. the dog meanwhile has been made happy by the extra attentions. yes good a little more to the left.

io just evaluates. ]

Hm. Good choice. Just don't get lost among them in the park, hm?

I don't know, that might not be the worst way to spend some time, 'ne?

[be a dog, run around with dogs...]

Not a care in the world... I can see the appeal of it. I have always envied animals in this way.

[ gently to the dog while holding it's face. ]

Most of the time they are much better than people. Though I've been proven wrong as of late.

Never gotten to spend much time with animals before we came here, so I couldn't say.

[still petting the dog... look at it. it's too cute.]

People must be doing pretty well, though, if they're beating these guys out...

This somehow doesn't surprise me.

[ another dog wants in on the action. io just "oofs" because he is being stepped on and then promptly flopped on. ]

I used to keep a couple of mice when I was a kid... rats... hamsters... I was allergic to cats, but I wanted a pet, so.

[ pets you puppies pets you puppies pets you... ]

Now I have a bull, so I suppose I'm moving up in the world... I miss him.

... well, we're gonna get you back to him. Bet he'd miss you, too.

[who Wouldn't miss io, after all.

...man. not thinking about that.]

[ plenty of people would not miss him! ]

He talks, even. Only in Kin.

[ gazes out at all the dogs. man. ]

Really-? I didn't know bulls could do that.

[shut up PEOPLE WOULD MISS HIM.]

Not usually. Someone was upselling him saying he could talk.

[ yawns ]

So I bought him. Was probably going to go to slaughter anyways...

...heh. You're a little bit of a softie for animals, eh?

[saving a bull, laying here letting dogs just sleep on him...]

[ snorts ]

They were the Earth's first children — oof!

[ dalmatian time, just promptly pushing the other sleepy two aside to slam paws on io's chest. he just. grabs it's little doggy legs and holds them. ]

You. What, do you want a song before you sleep? Do you?

[ baby voice... for baby dogs... ]

See, they know it-!

[DOG BE UPON YE.

stop it you're killing your gregor. but also:]

Can't say no to that face, can you?

Hush, I can say no to any face. Puppy faces don't work on me -

[ licked. licked again. ugh. stop. ]

... Alright. Alright. [ humming a little tune. you know how like you sometimes just wiggle a dog's front legs like they're dancing? well he's trying. his voice isn't tone deaf, but it's disused and tired. ]

Bohir, bohir, let us dance, a couple merry fellows... Shalzha, let us sing, hear a booha bellow...

[ just gently holds this doggo's face in his hands. ] Yeah—see? It's too late for more, come on, sit.

Think he likes it.

[it's-- okay, it's really cute. he's grinning a bit as he listens, watching io wiggle the dog's paws in a little dance, his expression softer.]

You sound about ready to pass out, though, Io. Might as well sleep a little early.

[ a little shake of the head. ]

He is just happy to be here.

[ slowly... slowly brings this dog down to join the pile. ]

I'm fine. Always tired on Thursdays.

...yeah. I know.

[a little quieter, shaking his head. thursdays really are the last reprieve they get, before the long weekends.

he passes io a blanket.]

You need anything else?

[ shakes blanket out a bit but also here, have some of it. share. ]

No, Don't need much to sleep. You?

[ pats this man's head very gently. ]

If I can sleep on a bus seat, I can sleep just fine in the grass, bud.

[he'll accept part of the blanket, and also the headpat.

and maybe shift in a little so the blanket is easier to share.]

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