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The Duckpond, Monday Evening

Clark sat on a bench overlooking the pond, staring dully out across the surface of the water. The doctor had told him that for now, his mother was okay, but she was still in the hospital.

He'd come out here with the intention of giving Saigo some swimming time, but the duck stayed sitting close by. It had liked the mother of this human, and felt for his companion. Right now, his human needed him more than the pond did.

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Ranma was taking Mizu for a walk when he saw his boss looking a bit sad on the park bench. Mizu barked a bit at Saigo at first, but Ranma scolded him in canine before he can over to tap Clark on the shoulder. "Hey... You're looking a little upset. Are you okay?"

"Hmm?" Clark said, a bit surprised, though he'd heard Mizu bark, he hadn't been paying much attention. "Oh, Ranma, hello. I'm, well I'm worried about my mother, her, her health isn't, um, she's not feeling well."

For his part, Saigo kept his eye on Mizu. Just in case.

Ranma could understand worrying about one's mother. "That's not good." He's not really great at the cheering up think though unfortunately. He sits down next to Saigo and smiles at the duck and says in his best duck, //Don't worry Saigo. My dog isn't going to try to eat you. He's smaller than you are. He's just curious.//

Saigo nodded to the puppy. //Hello dog.//

Clark looked down at the puppy and Saigo and smiled slightly. "No, no it's not. What's your dog's name?"

"His name is Mizu. It means water in Japanese."

//Hello! Do you wanna pway! I wanna pway! Let's pway chase! Chase! Chase!// Mizu hops excitedly in the grass.

"Hello Mizu." Clark said, as Saigo stood, and walked over to Mizu to get a closer look. He'd never seen one this small.

"How is your family doing?" Clark asked.

"Mine..?" Ranma laughs a bit awkwardly. "I don't really know. I uh... I ran away from home."

Mizu circles the larger duck and sniffs him. He moves a little closer to lick him. This is not to try to taste him. It's an affectionate lick. Mizu likes Saigo already.

"You, you what?" Clark asked, incredulous.

Saigo has never been licked before. He wasn't sure how to react. //What was that?//

"Well.. My dad was forcing me to go to this little city in Japan and go get married to some girl I don't even know. So I ran away. I haven't seen my mom since I was really small though. I don't remember what she looks like. Maybe I can talk to her again some time..."

//It's what you do to people you like!// Mizu hops around happily.

"That's terrible." Clark said. He knew, in theory at least, that not everyone's family were like his. But for some reason everytime it came up it still surprised him.

Saigo nuzzled his beak against Mizu's head. //That's what ducks do.//

Mizu would smile happily if he could. //So you wike me? Yay! What yow name? I'm Mizu!//

"Well uh... I really don't mind so much. It nice to be at Fandom." He grins. "I mean... I really hope you hear some good news about your mom soon. I bet she'd be happy to hear from you. Maybe you could send flowers or something."

Clark smirked. "Oh, there's flowers. I spent Thanksgiving with her. I imagine your mother would like to hear from you as well."

Saigo wasn't entirely surprised that he and the dog understood each other. The language barrier between animals was rather thin.

//I am Saigo De La Mancha. You can call me Saigo.//

"I'd try to find her... but if my dad finds me here then he'd take me back to Japan. And I really don't want to leave."

Mizu hops more. //I wiwl! So do you wanna pway? There's probably some nice sticks to catch and we can pway chase too!//

Saigo wasn't so sure about the stick thing. Chase might be fun though. But, he looked up at his human.

Clark nodded at what Ranma had said, which Saigo took to mean he'd be okay for a while. //Alright.//

"If you want to try to find your mother I'll gladly help. And I'm reasonably sure that if you didn't want to go back to Japan, plenty of people on this island would be willing to help."

Ranma laughs. "That's true. I guess I never thought of that. Her name is Nodoka Saotome. That's really all I know."

Mizu wags his tail joyfully. //You can chase me firwst if you wanna.//

Clark filed the information in his brain. He didn't know how much help he could be in finding her, even if he contacted someone at the planet, chances were she didn't exist in his world.

Saigo, though at first he'd thought he was only humoring the young canine, was finding that he'd needed something like this. Sure, he wasn't a duck, but a young non-human friend was rather appealing.

He rose to his full height. //Right then! Flee!// he quacked laughingly.

Mizu didn't need to be told twice. Ranma often didn't keep his puppy on a lease becuase he could TALK to him rather than just tugging on a rope around his neck. Mizu rushed forward as fast as he could. Though he was a dog and thus, quite a speedy runner, he was still a puppy, his footing was a bit clumsy.

"Well looks like those two are having fun."

Clark watched as Saigo, wings flapping, ran after the puppy. He laughed. "He's been pretty down since the rest of his flock migrated, it's good to see him having a good time."

"I like Saigo a lot. He's fun to talk to. When did you get him again? I know he told me. I forgot."

Mizu inevitably trips after a bit.

"Back when the pond turned into coffee." Clark said. "He'd gotten it into his head he was a kamikazi pilot and divebombed me and hurt himself. He stayed in the hotel until he was better, and after a while decided to come back. Setsuna came up with the name."

Saigo managed not to trip over Mizu because his flapping wings gave him better stopping power. //Are you okay?//

Ranma perked up at her mention. "Setsuna's my girlfriend." He nods proudly.

Mizu recovers and is on his feet before Saigo even finishes asking. //Yeah! You got me though! So it's my turwn to chase you now.//

//Eek!// Saigo quacked and waddled best he could, resisting the temptation to cheat and fly.

Clark had thought that Setsuna was Jude's girlfriend, but he recalled being a teenager, how relationships came and went. Well, to other people.

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