The Park - Afternoon

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Twas cloudy and much, much chillier than the Bahamas were, but that was all the more reason for Beka to be outside. The looby pigeons were acting like mumpers who'd spotted a noble that could not keep his purse closed. They weren't wrong as the old bread bag was filled to the top and Beka was breaking the slices into tiny pieces. She had to shoo Shimmer off when he'd tried to steal a too large piece.

"Don't be such a glutton," she scolded him. "You try to eat that all at once and it'll get stuck in your throat and you'll deserve getting choked."

You know trying to reason with pigeons will get you nowhere, Pounce remarked with some amusement.

Beka did, but it'd not stop her from trying either way.

[Open park is open.]

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Aly had hoped she'd run across Beka Cooper - and Fai- Pounce - again before she left Fandom so to happen on them in the Park as she was on her way back to the Causeway seemed almost providential.

She knew the Cat too well to expect not to be noticed, but she wandered up anyway, not saying anything until she'd taken a seat on the bench.

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You do have some manners then, Pounce commented once Aly sat down.

Beka wrinkled her nose at her ill mannered cat. "Don't mind him."

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Aly chuckled, shaking her head. "I'm still accustomed to it. And no one's accused me of having manners for years."

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I said some. There's a difference, he informed her as if really, she should know better.

"Some things do not change then," Beka concluded, throwing her cat a look.

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"Cats are eternal," Aly pointed out, rolling her eyes a little and offering her fingers to Pounce if he deigned to be petted.

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It seemed that he would as he didn't draw back from Aly or let out an affronted miaow.

"I think I like that," Beka said, even as sommat twisted in her stomach at thought of that far off world. One that held Pounce and George, but wasn't hers.

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She smiled a little as she pet Pounce, scratching behind his ears.

"Still weird, hmm?" she asked, glancing over at Beka. "The time thing?"

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"Only when I think of it," Beka admitted with a laugh, her fingers itching to touch Pounce as well. Instead she picked up another slice of bread and started crumbling it for the impatient pigeons.

"Are you leaving again?" she asked, motioning towards Aly's bag.

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"Have to go home again," Aly replied, still focused on Pounce. "It's never fun being torn between places. I think most people here come to that eventually."

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"Have you?" she found herself asking afore she realised she was prying. "I think I'd miss the people more than the places."

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"If it were just the people, they could come with you," Aly pointed out. "And if I didn't, I wouldn't be here."

She eyed Pounce for a moment, aware that he - or rather Faithful - was one she'd always miss.

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"I don't think they'll all agree to come to the Lower City," Beka chuckled and she didn't think Jonas would fit there at all.

Pounce was purring softly now, his eyes opening briefly as Aly was looking at him. Don't you get all melancholic on me, he told Aly alone.

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Aly grinned over at Beka at that. "That's a little bit of a terrifying thought, huh?"

Not me, Cat she replied, thinking hard at him as her hand scratched lightly under his chin. Don't even be accusing me of it.

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"I'd have to keep one half away from trouble and the other to keep from causing it," Beka said, grinning a little at the thought.

You're not fooling me, Cunning One, Pounce said and there was a definite mocking in there.

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"Causing trouble in the Lower City?" Aly asked, eyes wide and innocent. "I can't imagine anyone ever doing that. It'd be so unlikely."

I fool Gods all the time. Why should you be any different? was thought back, the note of mocking just as evident.

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Because a Cat isn't nearly as foolish as the Gods are, Pounce replied with pride.

"It usually's not my fault," Beka defended.

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"That's a bit more boring than I'd hope for," Aly teased.

She raised an eyebrow at Pounce, letting that say all she needed.

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Pounce was smirked and he started licking his chops, ignoring whatever point Aly wished to make.

Beka shook her head. "Mayhap they exaggerated their stories about me," she reasoned.

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She chuckled, leaning in just a little. "You know, my uncle is George Cooper," she murmured. "No one would ever accuse him of exaggerating, right?"

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Beka's eyes widened and the lack of response from Pounce made her glare at her cat. This isles loved given her headaches. "George Cooper's full of it and of himself," Beka wrinkled her nose. "And I hope you've shared this with him too."

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Aly just laughed, resuming her petting of Pounce.

"Nah, that'd mess with the timeline. It's more fun to watch 'em flail about," she said. "And I don't think you should hold back from having your friends here visit the Lower City if it works. Nothing like a bit of fun to set things on edge."

Aly's definition of fun was often not a normal person's definition.

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"He'd made me flail. Tis naught more than he deserves," Beka argued, glaring at the pigeons. "My friends know they're welcome."

She at least thought she'd made that much clear.

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"Then wouldn't it be more fun to tell him yourself?" she asked innocently.

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"It'd not be as much fun when you're standing in front of him so he can't deny it," Beka argued. Mayhap Emma would take pictures for her.

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"That's not what I do," Aly replied, reaching over to push Beka's shoulder lightly. "Don't worry, Beka Cooper. There's plenty of things you'll be able to pull."