NPC pet store, mainland, Saturday evening

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After visiting Luke, Aeryn had gone back to 238 where in conversation with John she'd somehow made mention of the fish-shaped fishbowl Isabel had gotten her for Christmas. This led to the trip to the mainland, to the store that Bruno had come from because they really need another NPC, and when Aeryn steps inside the store, she pauses for a second.

"This is what Fandom will look like the day everyone turns into an animal at once," she says.


[For John, and NFB due to distance.]

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"He just wanted to help you," Big and Burly says.

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"He wouldn't shut the frell up," she says. "That wasn't helpful."

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"You drunk or something?"

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She just frowns at him.

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"Don't be so hard on someone who's trying to help you," he says and then walks away.

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"Maybe if they would learn to listen," Aeryn grumbles, maybe a little loudly.

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John just shakes his head. "Making friends wherever you go, huh?"

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"What?" she asks. Yeah, she kind of still sucks at social interactions.

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He laughs and starts walking back towards the fish. "Come on, my dearest girlfriend."

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The word 'dearest' in regards to her gets an eyeroll, and she heads on after him, kind of surprised at how many tanks they can cram into such a little space. "I've been in an aquarium," she says. "But that was more spaced out."

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"This isn't like an aquarium," he says, shaking his head. "Those are big fish, special aquariums. We're not fishologists."

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"I know," she says, looking into the tanks. "But they had sharks, too. Bigger than Bruno."

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"We don't have enough room for their type of tanks," John says. "And Bruno's a good size!"

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"I didn't say he wasn't, though the ones at the aquarium did eat bigger thins," she says, shrugging. "I'm just saying I've seen this kind of thing before."

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"Bruno will never eat people," he says.

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"I've accepted this," she says, and blinks at a couple of the bigger, uglier fish. "He won't even eat the crackers shaped like fish."

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"He's a lover, not a fighter.

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And now she's blinking more. "That's the most disturbing thing I've ever heard you say."

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"Even more disturbing than what I said yesterday?"

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"Whatever it was, I may have repressed it," she says.

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"When I gave you permission to take off my pants," he says, not really aware of where they are.

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She looks around quickly, and lowers her voice. "I think I forgot that part of it," she says. "And shh."

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"I didn't forget anything about yesterday," he says smugly.

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Aeryn smiles, turning back to the tanks. "Do you know what this Siamese thing looks like?"

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"Nope," he says. "Thought you did."