✿ OVERFLOW

[journaler]

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[flaredo]

Strays? I guess cats do kind of go wherever they want.

[journaler]

Sort of. They belonged to someone, but you got the second part right. We were helping her find them all.

[flaredo]

-- Wait, just how many cats did she lose?

[journaler]

......Umm... I didn't really keep count. [ The real answer is 100. She answers so cheerfully, either way... ] She was... a bit weird.

[flaredo]

... Well, there's cat ladies and then there's... cat ladies.

[ yes, the emphasis is a big deal. ]

[journaler]

[ Yep, she Gets it. And she laughs. ]

Yeah, no kidding. But they're safer with her than they are out where the monsters can get to them...

So we were really saving them! [ She hopes. ]

[flaredo]

Sounds like a pretty impressive good deed to me! I'm sure the cats appreciated it, too.

[journaler]

Thanks. And I'm sure your dog misses you, wherever he is...

[flaredo]

Wherever he is, he's definitely alive.

[journaler]

[ That isn't quite the response she'd been expecting. Had she implied that he wasn't?

...Maybe she did. Or if not her, CERES. Yeah, that was it. ]

You'll definitely see each other again! Right?

[flaredo]

Right! And when I can prove for sure that those guys are lying...

[ don't crack your knuckles, Yang. ]

[journaler]

I'd like that, too.

[ She doesn't think much of the gesture. She does it often herself when she's feeling particularly pumped up, so it only makes her determination rise when she sees it. ]

You think they're our enemy?

[flaredo]

I don't trust them. If they're not our enemy, they're not our friends, either.

[journaler]

Fair enough.

...Let's keep each other posted on any breaks in the case, then. Two sets of eyes are better than one.

[ Two brains, too. ]

[flaredo]

Got it! Two young, smart, cute girls are definitely better!

[ she said eyes, Yang. ]

[journaler]

[ She beams regardless, taking it as a compliment. ]

I have some shopping to do, but we'll be in touch! Unless you want to come with me.

[flaredo]

Normally, totally-- but I have to go make sure my sister's not having too much fun without me. Next time!

[journaler]

Next time, then. [ She nods. ]

Oh! [ As if calling after her: ] And I'm Leia, by the way!

[flaredo]

Yang!

[journaler]

See you later, Yang!