[video] Merriment 2

[hotheadwarmheart]

 [Lea appears on the network, smiling a bit.]

OK, since Xion got me a surprise gift yesterday, I think I should make a little PSA.

[He holds up a gray rat with a few small white spots so the camera and thus those watching can see it.]

This is Smoke, the familiar I was given in the last world I was in. And aside from anything magical, that means that he's basically my pet.

So all you science types on board? That means this little guy is off limits as a potential experiment. And for all the cats and other creatures on board who might normally eat rats? That means he's also not a potential meal. Got it memorized?

Everyone else shouldn't have anything to worry about with him though; he's pretty well behaved, as rats go. And I'll try to make sure he stays out from underfoot, metaphorically and literally. Just... don't freak out if you see him peeking out of my pocket now and then, OK?

Comments

[theturksway]

Giving me ideas just showin' the little guy. [He's teasing. Right?] Aaand I don't think most of the cats are gonna know the difference. Only the ones that talk and understand. If they care to be nice.

[But if he were a cat, man, it'd be fair game still. He's the worst.]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeah, yeah... whatever.

[You better be teasing, Reno.]

And I dunno; I've met at least one talking cat on board. Though fish seemed to be more his thing. But if the cats don't do it themselves, at least their owners can keep an eye out and make sure they don't try anything.

[theturksway]

Right. One. [Well, two that Reno's met. One of which was no longer on board. He tried to recall if there was another but frankly didn't care.] Anyway, talk like a normal person then, would ya? Normal people don't talk to pets, they talk to the owners.

[Yeah, no, he's just bored. It's all mostly teasing. Arguing for the sake of having something to do.]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Hey, I've met plenty of people who talk to pets, especially their own, so it's not that weird. And it's kinda hard to tell how much some of the other animals on board- like Pokémon and stuff- understand.