Syndulla Scrap, Friday

[futurespacemom]

Most of last week's unexpected delivery had been taken care of, and now Hera was back to sorting through the rest of it.

Which at this point mostly involved trying to figure out how to google "large metal object" specifically enough to figure out what things were.

It was going a bit slowly.


[Open post! No OCD.]

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[uncertain_dume]

Would lunch make it go faster? Because Kanan was on his way in, and today his takeout bag was from El Burrito Loco. Once again with the requisite tray of Cokes, but now also with bonus churros.

"Knock knock," he called as he wriggled in through the gate. "Anybody hungry?"

Because if Hera wasn't, he'd be happy to eat her churro for her.

[futurespacemom]

Lunch made everything better!

"Always," Hera said, giving him a smile. She grabbed up her Coke. "Decent day so far?"

[uncertain_dume]

"No reason to complain yet," Kanan replied, grinning as he picked a piece of scrap to lean back against and then went rummaging through the bag for their respective burritos. "Contemplated heading into the park again today for training, but I figure the flamingos have suffered enough these past few weeks."

Stance really, really liked the flamingos.

[futurespacemom]

"Those poor birds." Hera grinned and shook her head. "Do they make restraining bolts for dogs?"

[uncertain_dume]

"I'll put one on Stance if you put one on Chopper," Kanan replied with a snort. "See how well that works out."

[futurespacemom]

"I'll put one on Stance if you put one on Chopper," Hera retorted.

[uncertain_dume]

"See," Kanan laughed, "it sounds more like a threat when you say it."

[futurespacemom]

"That's because I know Chopper better," Hera said, "and he likes me more."

[uncertain_dume]

"I'm pretty sure that's because you're the only one who'll put up with him," Kanan mused.

[futurespacemom]

"He's been with me through a lot," Hera said. "It's hard not to get pretty close."

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah?" Kanan smiled wryly. "Yeah, I suppose there's probably something to that..."

He wouldn't know.

Or at least he pretended as much.

[futurespacemom]

Kanan was getting such an eyeroll for that. Of course he'd know nothing about that.

"Have you tried teaching Stance not to chase the birds?" she asked instead of going into that.

[uncertain_dume]

"Teaching him not to? But where would the fun be in that?"

Stance liked chasing the birds, Hera.

[futurespacemom]

"That depends on if you're a dog or a flamingo," Hera pointed out. "And on whether he decides that other things are fun to chase."

[uncertain_dume]

"Oh, I've already sat him down and had a chat with him about chasing alots and gremlins," Kanan replied, waving a dismissive hand. "He knows better than to get into that kind of trouble. And he hasn't actually tried to hurt the birds yet, either."

A pause.

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt if the birds knew that he was playing."

[futurespacemom]

"Yeah, I doubt they appreciate that," Hera said. "One of these days he'll get pecked or something."

[uncertain_dume]

"And then he'll learn to be gentler with the birds," Kanan pointed out, trying a little grin on for size.

...

"Okay, I'll talk to him."

Just sit down and have a heart-to-heart with his dog, as you do.

[futurespacemom]

Well, it seemed to work for Kanan.

"I think they'll appreciate it." Stance was cute, but he was really...enthusiastic.