Room 238, Saturday afternoon

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Aeryn is taking petsitting seriously. Vladdie's bottles are in the fridge, the curtains are closed, Yoda is far away from the sea monkeys because although she doubts there would be a problem unless she put Yoda in the tank, she'd rather not take any chances, and she's not running from the room at all. So far it's not going badly.

And she keeps looking at the ceiling to make sure Vladdie's not up there.

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"What was that for?" asks Aeryn.

Vladdie barks back, looking back and forth between John and Betram and occasionally turning to the freezer.

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"I'm playing with him," John says and barks at Vladdie again. And makes weird faces.

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Vladdie settles in John's lap, barking back at him.

Aeryn looks back at the turtle, who is still a turtle.

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John yips at Vladdie and pets him gently.

"See, he remembers me. We've bonded after all."

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Vladdie barks again, and lays down in his lap.

"Yes, that's right, you know his kind," Aeryn remembers.

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"Yep," John says and pets Vladdie some more, quieting him down. Bertram skitters to a stop under Aeryn's feet. "See, petsitting's easy."

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"It could be worse," she admits, reaching over to scratch Vladdie behind the ears because Sean used to like that.

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"And I got pictures of this deal," John says and smiles. "Good Bertram!"

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"No! Don't encourage that!" she says quickly.

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"Too late," John says because Bertram is already taking more pictures of Aeryn.

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"I am not your enemy," she tells Bertram. "That would be the toaster."

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Being careful not to jostle Vladdie, John makes a motion to Bertram before leaning over and planting a kiss on Aeryn's cheek.

Bertram takes a picture!

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Aeryn sighs, and Vladdie stands up again, barking at Bertram.

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John laughs and picks up Vladdie in order to set him on Aeryn's lap.

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And now Aeryn has a puppy in her lap. "Hi," she tells Vladdie, who barks in response, then does a little turn in a circle before laying on her.

"Thank you," she tells John.

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Even though he's expecting a glib answer, he asks, "For what?"

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"There's a puppy in my lap," she tells him.

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"Yep." He grins and gets up, circling around to plop on his bed. "And now we get to see how long he stays put."

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"Oh, that's not fair," she says, though Vladdie hasn't moved yet.

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"Why not?" John makes himself comfortable on his bed. Of course, that means the shirt and pants come off.

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Aeryn glances back at him, and shakes her head at Vladdie. "He thinks he's amusing," Aeryn says quietly to the puppy.

Vladdie licks her hand.

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"You're talking to a dog," he tells her.

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Vladdie barks, as if responding to him.

Aeryn nods at him. That's 'him' as in the dog. "Yes, he states the obvious a lot."

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John laughs and gets up from his bed. "Shower time. Gonna be okay?"

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"I'll be fine," she says, and Vladdie yawns. "Go on. Have fun."