onlypets | (homo) amelia

Yes! I'm not used to cities as large as this one, but...

[She looks out at the lake.]

It's less confining, out here.

[He nods in agreement then follows her look out over the lake.]

Yes, it's a lovely place. I prefer it over the city. You can sit if you'd like.

Thank you!

[She'll take a seat near to him.]

What kind of place do you come from, if I may ask?

[He decides to have a seat too so she doesn't feel awkward having to look up at him. He sits elegantly, tucking his embellished robe around and under his legs.]

The pet shop was in a city much like the one here. It's a place called Los Angeles. You?

You work at a pet shop!?

[He doesn't look like it???]

-- Oh, I'm from a place called Saillune. I used to think the capital was a big city, but now I realize how much bigger a city can be...

Yes. My grandfather's shop is now mine to own.

[Assigned too fancy for pet shop management.]

They can grow quite large, can't they? At least you weren't caught completely unaware.

True... I suppose it might have been even more shocking for people who aren't used to cities in the first place.

[She thinks a moment...]

Say, are you... really a count?

[Or is that just a name???]

[He nods in agreement with this despite that fact he is the one who brought it up. Then he smiles some, amused.]

No. It's the name of my grandfather's pet shop; Count D's Pet Shop. It's a title he was given which I have inherited like the shop itself.

Oh... I see!

[It does seem like it'd be an odd profession for nobility... but also, he kinda dresses like he could be nobility?]

Do you like it, running the shop?

[He appreciates being considered nobility for how fashionably he dresses.]

Yes. It's a job I take much pride in. I think many people have a misconception about us, that we don't take care of the pets we end up selling, but that isn't true. We help pets find good homes.