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[orangetoughguy]

Does anyone else think there's some kinda bug going around? Somebody's gotta contain that shit.

[Private to Arthur (the point man)]
Hey. You okay?

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[That's what you get for posting right at sunset, Newendyke. Not long after there's a tawny sandy kind of orange wolf (no regrets) snuffling through town.]

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[adamantined]

[She can handle it, though not without a heavy 'oof' to accompany his weight. Unsure whether to laugh or push him down - what if this is someone that she doesn't like trying to catch her unawares? - Claire pushes her palms into his sides, feeling ribs and scratchy fur.]

You're gonna knock me over.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Lick lick lick. He's got marks on his face from having been bit there but the wound is old, scabbed over, he's a big healthy dog.

Oh good you're not mad at me still.

Freddy's human thoughts are intersecting with his animalistic behavior.]

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[adamantined]

[Face scrunched up, eyes screwed shut, it would take one of those Buckingham Palace guards' levels of dedication not to at least crack a smile. Which she does, and which Mr. Muggles decides is Unacceptable, enough that he shimmies his way up her leg as far as he can in order to bark and whine.]

Okay, okay, that's enough. Sit down, sit down.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Thump. Dog down to sit. Watch out Muggles he might step on you. Now Freddy just looks up at her with his caramel green eyes. Wolves don't have funny eyes like that bro--hey little guy. You're yappy. Freddy reaches down to pick Muggles up in his mouth only to set him back down half a foot from Claire.]

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[adamantined]

[Claire steps forward when Freddy makes to pick up her dog between his teeth but doesn't have to resort to any sort of screaming when it doesn't end in bloodshed. He's still close enough - and connected to her by way of thin leash - that she doesn't have to worry about anything other than hurt feelings later. As for the this dog-wolf hybrid, Claire's in no rush to talk to him like he might understand her. Having been down this road before, she's aware of how stupid people look when they're talking to animals that can't actually talk back.

Still, she has to ask -]

What are you doing out here anyway?

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[orangetoughguy]

[What kind of question is that? Freddy makes a sound that comes close to being a wwooowwrrowr. Just hanging around, dude. What's Claire doing out here, he wonders, trying to convey the question with a headtilt and a pawing...paw.]

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[adamantined]

[There is a stare down going on right now.]

Sorry, I don't speak Giant Surprise Dog.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Howwwrrf!

Come on Claire when else have you seen a wolf with caramel green eyes.]

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[adamantined]

[Well, she can't put her finger on who this is exactly, but there's no denying they obviously know each other, and there is something familiar.]

This is going to be really embarrassing when I figure out you're actually Matt Damon, isn't it?

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[orangetoughguy]

[Huff. Who the fuck's that? He has eyebrows to quirk so he's quirking them. Okay nevermind that Freddy walks a circle around her.

Where you headed?]

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[adamantined]

[Why are you smelling me? It seems like a dumb question to ask of a dog, but it's there all the same. She takes a step along her destination's path: it's nowhere specific, but she did come out here for a walk.]

You wanna come along for a little while? [It's a rhetorical question, and it's a moment before she says anything else.] You know, you remind me of someone.

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[orangetoughguy]

[Sure why not.

Somebody's gotta protest her and the little puff ball. He trots along at her pace but when she says he reminds her of someone his ears perk up and his tail wags more. Who?]