[Thinks about all the sibling kids I play but the other sibling is dead or fucked up. Nods.
The look on his face as he peers at Wolfwood is strange and unreadable.]
I had not seen my father for a long time, not until recently. My grandfather raised me. [He lifts his eyes.] I never had a mother, or a nursemaid, or a nanny.
Maybe. It's been a long time since I last saw her, but had an auntie around who I liked. Always made time for me when I was havin' trouble, but she had a lot of things and other kids to look after.
[ He'll extend a hand for T-chan to judge whether it's worth sniffing, at the least. He isn't the kind to just ram his way into a pet's personal space. ]
[ He'll hold it there for like 10 seconds, choose fast lil T. Which, when butted, he'll turn his palm over and run a thumb over his cheek lightly. He may not be familiar with animals supposedly, but he seems to know how to approach one. ]
...Yeah, humans do that.
Think it's one of the reasons why they all had to leave the Old World.
[ As long as it doesn't break skin, who is he to deny T-chan a little angy nibble. He gives him a little swipe over the nose. ]
Yeah, doesn't sound like it. You don't wanna be where I am. All hot sun and gunpowder, industrial burnished steel and iron dust stuck so far up my nose I'll be smelling rust 'til the day I die. [ Beat pause. ] Well, I'm still smelling it, so.
[The more Wolfwood talks, the bigger D’s frown of disdain grows.
The last part actually makes D look searchingly at Wolfwood’s face for a long time, silent.
Then T-chan absolutely bites Wolfwood’s fingers for that, but like, not badly or necessarily suddenly. Warning bite. D really doesn’t do anything to mitigate this.]
We should look at another room before T-chan decides you’re delicious.
[ Wiggles his finger a bit by T-chan's mouth. Naughty. He only meets D's look with a slight rise of his brows. Is he finding what he's searching? But glancing down when T-chan's hangry levels are brought up. ]
Can't even sit still in a room for ten minutes before deciding you're hungry? Guess you're like us in this city right now, needing enrichment.
[T-chan huffs at the finger wag as D turns to walk to the door. DON'T PATRONIZE HIM. Instead of getting up and leaving, T-chan gets up
and leaps straight across to headbutt Wolfwood in the stomach on his way to the ground. Goat ram. This satisfies him, though? D pauses to smile over his shoulder; this is funny to him.]
T-chan's love and appetite are one and the same. That's his nature.
[T-chan huffs back at Wolfwood from the door. Yeah! He does this thing where he scratches both back legs on the floor before he shoots out of the door. Like a very territorial leg kicky.
It makes D laugh.]
He's a totetsu. He likes you. I think it's because you remind him of the detective.
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[ Doesn't really confirm nor deny though. ]
I'd say I was pretty tough to scare, yeah.
You? You kinda got that single kid feeling about you.
[ But according to Hei, I (Lowe) as a single kid apparently assign single child to everyone so what do I know!! ]
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[Shakes your hand in single kid. Is this why we’re playing single kids…… I see.]
I have a grandfather, and I had a father. That is all.
[So Wolfwood was right.]
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Guess we're kinda the opposite, then. Had more women around than men.
[ And fuck the few men that there were. ]
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The look on his face as he peers at Wolfwood is strange and unreadable.]
I had not seen my father for a long time, not until recently. My grandfather raised me. [He lifts his eyes.] I never had a mother, or a nursemaid, or a nanny.
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[ He's never had any of those either technically speaking, but he won't just put that out there without prompting. ]
You get along well with your gramps?
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Yes. We traveled the world, and he taught me many things.
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That sounds good. Always nice to have a reliable adult around.
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Are you speaking from experience?
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Maybe. It's been a long time since I last saw her, but had an auntie around who I liked. Always made time for me when I was havin' trouble, but she had a lot of things and other kids to look after.
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An auntie boy...
[T-chan's head gets a few more scritches, then he swings his legs over the side of the bed to sit up on the edge.]
So how does a boy with an auntie surrounded by other kids go from shooing away bed monsters to being burdened by priesthood?
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[ Pats on the head, the little things like thanks Nicholas. He's grateful to her nonetheless. ]
Guess I decided to graduate to a different kind of shepherding. From kids to lost lambs, now.
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Then you and I have something in common, Father.
[Carefully, he stands to his feet. T-chan gets up, but only to stand at the edge of the bed for a moment.]
Being shepherds to the lost.
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Is that how you see yourself? Shepherding your animals?
[ When will T-chan warm up to pets... not that Wolfwood is trying... ]
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Yes, that is how it is.
[HELP. T-chan warms up to pets……maybe. Wolfwood can pet him.]
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Why do you consider 'em lost?
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Many of them are few and far between, the last of their kind. T-chan, for instance, is a rare breed.
[Whatever has satisfied T-chan about Wolfwood is hard to say, but he tentatively butts his head against the hand like a goat.]
The humans have hunted and killed them, or either destroyed their habitats. They wander the industrialized world, suffering.
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...Yeah, humans do that.
Think it's one of the reasons why they all had to leave the Old World.
[ Planet... dying... ]
All pretty good at taking.
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What Wolfwood says makes him frown a lot!!!!]
I think your timeline is the timeline I’m trying to avoid, if at all possible.
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Yeah, doesn't sound like it. You don't wanna be where I am. All hot sun and gunpowder, industrial burnished steel and iron dust stuck so far up my nose I'll be smelling rust 'til the day I die. [ Beat pause. ] Well, I'm still smelling it, so.
Maybe you can Noah's Ark your way out.
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The last part actually makes D look searchingly at Wolfwood’s face for a long time, silent.
Then T-chan absolutely bites Wolfwood’s fingers for that, but like, not badly or necessarily suddenly. Warning bite. D really doesn’t do anything to mitigate this.]
We should look at another room before T-chan decides you’re delicious.
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Can't even sit still in a room for ten minutes before deciding you're hungry? Guess you're like us in this city right now, needing enrichment.
[ When BORED just EAT. ]
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and leaps straight across to headbutt Wolfwood in the stomach on his way to the ground. Goat ram. This satisfies him, though? D pauses to smile over his shoulder; this is funny to him.]
T-chan's love and appetite are one and the same. That's his nature.
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[ HIS ABS. Wtf he'll turn you into lamb skewer you lil shit. ]
And where does the unwarranted violence categorise into?
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It makes D laugh.]
He's a totetsu. He likes you. I think it's because you remind him of the detective.
[And then D disappears out of the door too.]
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I wouldn't ever know. I'll never understand animals.
[ Owie. ]
Sorry to say that I won't be solving any crimes any time soon.
[ KNOCK ON (WOLF)WOOD!!! haha i'm funny ]
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