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The Park - Late afternoon, early evening by the duck pond

Cash had been such a good boy at the Clinic all day that Wilson decided the puppy deserved some good out door time before he headed back to the Loft for the evening. Stopping by the Perk to get himself a fru fru coffee and a couple of scones, Wilson walked on into the park, letting Cash off his leash as they got close to the duck pond.

It dawned him that having both scones and puppy was probably going to be confusing for the ducks whom Cash looked upon as a wonderful oppertunity to test his infant 'herding' instincts on. The ducks, looked upon Cash with well fed indignity and gave the puppy a couple good pops with their bills as they crowded around the young doctor in search of scones.

Wilson chuckled softly and doled out crumbs as he watched Cash dash off to try to chase a few ducks who appeared willing to play with the puppy.

[ooc: Come, say hello if you want or feel free to use for your own park adventures!]

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"You might want to be careful," Tex spoke up as she watched the ducks crowd around Wilson.

Wilson looked up and around at the familiar voice and he smiled...then he looked puzzled.

"Hello, Tex ... um ... you're not going to try to kill me are you?"

"You'd be dead if I were, doc." Tex replied. She tilted her head and watched Wilson. "You know," she said, as if that was enough for him to understand what she meant.

Pursing his lips thoughtfully, he nodded agreeably. "Good point."

A pushy duck pecked his ankle to remind him to get to the business of tossing scones and so he crumbled some more down for them to keep them busy.

"I put Yazoo back together last week." He said, speaking just as directly as she had. "He said it was you."

The last a genuine invitation to hear her side of things.

"Kadaj said he was getting better." Tex said, and maybe she sounded just a bit worried.

"In a way, Yazoo was right."

"He's doing really well actually. Saw him the other night at Aziraphale's Shop and he's in good spirits." Wilson gently reassured her.

"He was?"

"O'Malley was in my head," Tex kicked at one of the ducks that came too close to her. "Technically, that means he fought me."

The duck sqawked and fluttered away, the sound catching the attention of Cash, House's puppy and the little dog shot towards Tex with a curious yip.

Wilson eyed the puppy watching as Cash pulled up short at this strange looking humanoid and sat back on his haunches in a curious manner.

"So...umm...you were, possessed?" Some nights, it really did wake him in a cold sweat that he said things like this with such ease.

"Possessed?" Tex laughed and stared down at the puppy, not too sure what to do. "I suppose that's one word for it, yes."

Cash stared back and in true puppy form, he came closer, sniffing at her feet curiously and then looking back up at her with hopeful eyes.

"I...could inquire further but I think it would break my mind so instead...I've started a clinic here in Town. It's a few doors down from The Rare Book Shop."

"If that's a subtle way of saying that you want to poke me, I'm fine." Tex replied, half distracted by Cash.

The message was kinda clear and with a soft grumble, she leaned down and patted him on the head. Of course, seeing how she had her armour on, that could easily be taken the wrong way.

The nice thing about puppies is they tended to read intent rather well and Cash took the awkward bonking on the head with the full armour with a cheerful yip and though she definitely didn't taste 'right' that didn't stop him from licking eagerly at her fingers and then trying for her facemask.

Wilson watched with a surprisingly relaxed posture, despite what he'd been told about the origin of Yazoo's wounds.

"Poke? Oh! Noooh, no not like that at all. I was just, letting you know in case you ever found yourself in need of medical attention. I'm living up overtop of the Clinic as well so you don't have to go up to the school."

[ooc: I can spell!...Some of the time. :D]

Not too eager about having to wash dog drool from her faceplate, Tex pushed Cash down and scratched behind his ears as gently as she could.

"Good to know. That ball thing didn't like me much," she replied, then more wistful. "Is this were you took care of Yazoo?"

Cash allowed himself to be pushed down, though he continued to look up at Tex as if she were just the greatest person in the world.

"Every so often I do earn my keep." Wilson said warmly with a gentle smile. "Ben Bruckner and his husband Michael called me when they found Yazoo and yes, we took him to the Clinic here in town, which is sort of it's purpose." Wilson said with a hint of pride for the little FTEC.

Tex ruffled Cash's fur as she considered Wilson's words. She knew the brothers weren't exactly rich thanks to the trade she did with Yazoo a while back.

"I can pay his bill," she offered and considering how much she liked her money maybe this said more than anything else. "You break it, you pay it."

The puppy quickly rolled onto his back and presented his tummy for scritches.

Chuckling softly, Wilson leaned his arm against the back of the bench and watched.

"I'm afraid someone else picked up their tab."

"I wasn't aware there was someone else there during that fight."

Tex paused and stared at the shamelessly begging pup. She shook her head and reached out to scratch his stomach lightly.

"Or was it one of the do gooders in this town who likes to throw with money?"

That got Wilson to blink and he gave his head a gentle shake.

"It was a friend of theirs." He answered simply, watching and listening to Cash as the puppy grunted with pleasure in response to the tummy scritches.

"Right," Tex kept her eyes on Cash. She didn't do the whole friends thing, but she did owe Yazoo and paying that bill seemed the natural way to pay some of that back. "Who and how much?"

Wilson exhaled and shook his head.

"Why couldn't people throw money at me when I need it? Tex...if you come to me for treatment I'm going to honor your privacy. If you want to know, you need to talk to Yazoo."

He didn't say it unkindly but he was firm in his decision. He didn't spread people's business.

Her hand stilled as she looked at Wilson. "I don't need to know who it is. I have a debt, I can pay it back. I can give you the money and you can give the other back or use it whatever you need it, I don't care."

Reaching up to rub his hand over his face, Wilson tossed the rest of the scone to the ducks and slowly stood up.

"I'm not having this conversation...again." He sounded more stressed than anything. "Talk to Yazoo, Tex."

Giving a quick whistle, Wilson called Cash to him and shoved his hands in his pockets, starting to slowly headed away from the bench.

Tex straightened up, a quick already ready on her lips. It didn't come out, though. Instead she fisted her hands and turned around. If Wilson was looking directly at her, he might see her fade into thin air as she hit the camouflage. Most likely he wasn't and she'd just be gone.

[ooc: *Hugs with love on Tex!!!*]

[ooc: She wouldn't be Tex otherwise! I'm sure they'll run into each other again...and probably butt heads...again. They're getting good at it after all! :D ]

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