AUDIENCE FOR: Tsurumaru

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[there's a pause.]

I do, yeah. [they sound amused.] Was this supposed to be a trick question?

[preowned]

No.

What kind do you like?

[guestservices]

[what are these questions???]

Big ones? I don't think I'm that picky about canine company.

[preowned]

[ he nods. ]

If you had one, what would you name it?

[guestservices]

[they really have lost the thread of conversation and sort of just. squint softly.]

Depends on the kind of dog? Names have a tendency to mean something, so probably something that suited them. Why're you asking anyway?

[preowned]

Hmmm, just wondering... people tend to be very fond of pets...

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Of course they are. Pets are, as they say, like your family. Do swords have pets? [let's just flip this around on tsuru.]

[preowned]

I suppose I have Bob-chan...

[guestservices]

...yeah, actually, explain the chicken. Like. Why?

[preowned]

Oh, at the village I was at, there was a farm. I just adopted her on my first day there.

[ he just picked up a chicken and never put her down ]

[guestservices]

[.........]

Sure. Okay. People have adopted animals for all kinds of weird reasons. I just never thought about adopting poultry.

[preowned]

She is a lovely companion, I would definitely recommend it.

[guestservices]

How can you understand her needs? I don't really speak chicken.

[preowned]

When she wants something she pecks me.

[guestservices]

That sounds like an extremely unhealthy relationship.

[preowned]

No, it's fine, I know she loves me!

[guestservices]

[a slow nod...]

Tsurumaru. Why don't you just tell me what this is all about?

[THIS QUESTIONING.]

[preowned]

Oh. Right.

[ he got distracted ]

Do you have a dog?

[guestservices]

Oh. Yes, I do, but where did that question come from?

[preowned]

I heard that you did and I got mad that you might have told someone and not me... as fellow pet owners...

[guestservices]

Well you never asked, so how was I supposed to mention it? [they tilt their head.] Who told you I might have?

[preowned]

I heard from Dimitri...

What's your dog's name? Is it a girl or boy? Treats?

[guestservices]

Ah. Of course you did. [there's a hum and aquarius...seems to think.] Hachi. Boy. He's picky about treats though. Don't worry about it.

[preowned]

Hm... okay.

But I would eventually like to meet him.

[guestservices]

Eventually. Maybe after your contract's finished? You guys do have some work to do still...