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[catcameback]

I think I'm becoming more human.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

Actually, I'm not even sure if that's possible.

Which is what has me sitting outside in my usual park, at the base of a tree instead of in it for once, turning my Switch over and over in my head, sometimes balancing it on it's point and seeing how long it can stand like that, and wondering...

It's been a while since I've used to last. Not since we found Joe.

I wonder if it's possible for it to stop working.

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[catcameback]

I could be human for a hundred years and probably still never understand how Jou manages to be so cheerful all the time.

I also will never quite understand why he identifies so strongly with lions when he's so obviously some kind of rambunctious loving and trusting canine.

"I'm okay." I say hesitantly. "As long as you're sure you're not bringing bad news."

am assuming this is pre Joe going missing AGAIN I swear to GOD I am getting him a kiddie leash

[yellowlion]

"Not this time," I say ruefully, wincing a little at that. "We've had a bad run lately, huh?" I fumble in my pocket and find the little packet of cheese-flavoured crackers I'd saved from lunch, and I start feeding Yummy.

YEAH most likely and SHUT UP DAD I'M HELPING

[catcameback]

I frown a bit, thinking not for the first time that we don't deserve all the stuff that gravitates to us. Well, they don't, anyway, my parents and my brothers. Maybe I deserve some of it, karma or something like that, but they don't. Heroes aren't supposed to suffer like that, that's why they're the heroes, right?

"Just a little."

I manage to grin when Jou obligingly feeds Yummy bits of cracker though. He's a part of the family now too, and I like that a lot.

you're a good dutiful catmonsterboy, don't worry, I love you

[yellowlion]

Yummy's tongue rasps against the side of my finger in search of the cheese powder,and I grin.

"So. Tell me why you're here?" I ask, then I look up at Kazari. "Um, I mean you. Not Yummy."

[catcameback]

I snort and shake my head. "I didn't think you were talking to Yummy."

I pause, and then flop down right there on the ground, crossing my legs and reaching for Yummy's tail, letting it flow between my fingers as he moves back and forth, bathing Jou's whole hand with his tongue, one measured sand-paper lick at a time.

"I just needed some space. To think."