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Which is why no one needed to know. But now they do so... Guess I'll deal with that fallout if it happens. When it happens.

Sure. She's not exactly friendly and has a lot of teeth, but they're not sharp.

If it happens, we'll be there for you.

Not being friendly, that makes sense. She's still a wild animal. I'll be over soon.

Mm.

[He is unconvinced, his paranoid brain is convinced that everyone is going to come after him in the next ten minutes.

When Tinya arrives he's sitting across from the deer trying to offer it water while it squawks and snaps at him. ]

Ya gotta drink, come on. It's good for you.

[she'll fight them off if they try.

when she arrives, she's in one of her usual white sundresses with white sandals. she approaches Pratt and the deer carefully, making little cooing noises at it]

Yes, please drink so you'll grow big and strong. [to Pratt] She's beautiful. Where did you find her?

I was out in the jungle scouting around and there was a whole herd of them. But then a flock of these purple.. kind of.. pterodactyl things swooped down and attacked. The herd ran off leaving this little gal behind.

So I caught her and brought her here. I'm not even sure she's really weaned. She doesn't eat food she more... mushes it.

Awww, poor thing! She must miss her mommy. She was lucky you were there when you were, to help her.

[she bends over towards her, making more little cooing noises]

Is there anything I can do to help?

I don't suppose these deer spider things are native to where you're from? I'm treating her like a fawn, but I'm not sure that's right.

[The creature flicks its oversized ears, nose working overtime to sniff at those fingers.]

She doesn't seem to want to eat fruit, or grass, or even meat. She does like making a mess of anything I try and feed her though.

No, I've never seen anything like her before. She's probably native to this planet.

[she continues cooing gently]

No fruit, no grass, no meat? What else is there? [she sighs and looks thoughtful] What was nearby when you found her?

Blood? I dunno. Maybe she's a vampire deer.

[It's not trying to chomp her fingers, so that's a start anyway.]

There were some leafy plants that kind of look like pumpkins, but she won't eat those either. Well.. she will if I mush them up and then pry her mouth open and put them on her tongue. Then she'll chew and swallow them. But not if I just offer it to her.

I'm not going to feed this thing like a baby bird.

[a bit dubiously] Maybe? I wouldn't put it past the aliens to put us on a planet with cute little vampire deer. But she shouldn't be interested in our blood, we're not from around here.

[no, not yet. not that she could, Tinya would just phase her fingers away]

You might have to? You did take her in. I guess you could always try to find a herd of more of her kind and see if they'd accept her, but if they don't? Then what?

Yeah I'm not sure. I was only going to keep her until she was old enough to fend for herself, maybe a few weeks or so. Not forever.

[The deputy with a bleeding heart for small animals.]

Maybe it needs to be sweeter, mix everything with sugar. I'm not sure. But she's been doing fine so far. Other than standing on that chair yelling in the middle of the night.

She's awfully cute. You could do worse as far as pets go.

[it's absolutely precious, not that she'd say so out loud]

Yelling? [she giggles] She yells?

Like a goat or a sheep. Standing there making loud, annoying noises until I wake up and give her more food that she won't eat but wants to make a mess with.

[It's like having a toddler only furrier.]

I can't keep her, someone might try and eat her when she's bigger.

[she's trying to not giggle, but it's hard!] Oh no, really? That sounds like a disaster!

[and cuter]

People actually eat these little guys? That's awful!

Yeah she's a menace.

[He reaches out and flicks one of her oversized ears, getting an angry bleat in reply.]

I wouldn't be surprised. It's a deer isn't it? People eat deer.

[Not him obviously, but someone might.]

[cooing] An adorable menace.

[and she giggles at the display.

and sounds horrified] They don't where I come from, but . . . I guess other Terrans might. Still, they're so cute, killing one would be cruel.

Right, everyone is a vegetarian in your world right?

In my world there's basically just me. And that's only because I think I'll puke if I have to see chunks of bloody meat ever again.

[He shudders, even thinking about it is making him queasy.]

Lots of people hunt deer, they're cute when they're little. Then they get big and stupid and run in front of cars and cause accidents.

Yeah, they are.

...do I--do you want to explain why? You don't have to if you don't want to.

[she gives him a concerned look]

Oh. Well that's. Unfortunate? But they're animals, they can't exactly help themselves.

I had to cut up a whole hell of a lot of it. Even the smell might make me gag.

Not all of it was from animals either.

[He frowns.]

Least I don't have to do that here. And there's also no cars to hit these little guys so she won't become roadkill that I have to clean up. Right?

[He reaches down to pet her head, letting her chew on his sleeve.]

[sympathetically]

I know. I know you would. To keep her safe and fed.

[she offers a smile in return. it's shaky, but it's there]

Right. No cars. And in a fight between the mopeds and these deer, the deer would win. So no problem.

[she reaches down to pet it as well]

[The deer isn't exactly enjoying this, but it's allowing the petting so that's something of a victory.]

Yeah. There are some nice things about here versus back home.

Actually a lot of things minus the stuff fucking with our emotions.

[she'll take whatever victories she can get]

Yeah, I could really do without the whole sprocking with our emotions thing. And I wouldn't mind a few more entertainment options. But here's not the worst place I've ever been.

I've requested a movie theater and a Starbucks but I'm not holding my breath that we get either.

A movie theater with real, old movies would be great. There are so many old movies I've seen as holos, but to see them as they were meant to be shown? On a big screen with popcorn and soda and sugary treats? That would be amazing.

Oh there's no movies in the future? Or are they all streaming so you can watch them in your own home?

I'm not sure if that's better, popcorn from the microwave is shitty compared to what you get at the theater.

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