Room 511, Saturday

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine wasn't the Best. Student. Ever. but when she'd offered to help Blysse find out more about raised-by-wolves stories, she'd made sure to follow through on that, even if it had taken her awhile to get around to finding the books she remembered and inviting Blysse oh so handwavily over.

Of course, the follow-through got a little snagged when she opened up her bookbag while waiting for Blysse to arrive and instead of the library books she'd checked out, found a pile of playfully growling kittens.

Okay, that was gonna take some explaining.
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[OOC: Expecting the aforementioned, but also open! ETA: As is the door.]

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[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"She is human, in story?" Firekeeper asked.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine nodded. "She's a little girl walking through the woods on a trip to her grandmother's house to take her some food."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Humans is not for eating," Firekeeper frowned.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Some wolves here do, though. Or they did, I guess," Francine amended as the hooded kitten nipped at her fingers. "It's a really old story; most people don't live out in the woods now, and they sure wouldn't send a little kid walking alone in them if they did."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Doing so is not safe," Firekeeper agreed. "Wolves is never sending pups to danger on purpose."

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine nodded. "I always thought the mom in that story was really dumb, even when I was little. My mom, I had to talk her into even letting me stay here."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Here?" Firekeeper snorted. "What unsafe about here?" Spoken like someone who'd never really lived anywhere that could truly be considered 'safe'.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Well, the Vice Principal tried to take over the island and attacked everybody with monsters once?" Francine offered. "Not that I told my mom about that. Mostly she just cares that I'm not there."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Monsters... is not safe," Firekeeper admitted grudgingly. "But you is no longer puppy, and cannot stay with your birth-pack forever."

[thatsamilkshake]

"I'm not--" Francine stopped when she realized that to Blysse, calling somebody a puppy wouldn't exactly be an insult. "I mean, no. Heh. I'm not." She lifted the orange kitten up and rubbed its tummy, despite its protests at being flipped onto its back. "We've got one of those already. Her name's Muffins."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Muffins?" Firekeeper repeated dubiously.

[thatsamilkshake]

She shrugged. "My mom likes to bake." More tummy-skritching. "Muffins is... cute. But not very smart."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Dogs is not as smart as wolves," Firekeeper said. Not boasting, just stating a fact.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Muffins eats paper," Francine explained, by way of comparison.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Paper is not being very nutritious," Firekeeper snorted.

[thatsamilkshake]

"Or very tasty," Francine said. "Then again I don't think dog food would be very tasty either, so what do I know."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Meat given to dogs is never best parts," Firekeeper said with a nod. Her world didn't exactly have kibble.

[thatsamilkshake]

"It comes in a can here. I don't even want to know what kind of parts are in there." Francine shuddered.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"In can?" Firekeeper echoed. "Humans here is not even giving them fresh food?"

[thatsamilkshake]

"Well, we feed her from the table sometimes, but we're not really s'posed to," Francine replied. "Mom says it's not good for her." Usually right before turning around and slipping the dog a piece of bacon.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Humans is very strange," Firekeeper observed, with a shake of her head.

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine laughed. "You can say that again."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Humans is very strange," Firekeeper repeated, uncertain as to why she was doing so.

[thatsamilkshake]

Which incited another bout of giggles. When that was out of the way, Francine said, "That just means you're right. Humans is... are... very strange."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Am glad you is thinking so, too," Firekeeper said. She was quiet for a moment or two, biting her lip thoughtfully, before she spoke again. "Francine?"