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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:10 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:21 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:28 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:33 pm
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Ea's ear twitched at the mention of battles, but she said nothing to it. Instead, she strolled forward, giving the snake a steady stare with her unusual, wild eyes. "You could inform anyone with cubs to instruct them better on what to not put into their mouths," she grumbled. "What ever happened to bones to teethe on?"
The black cat sat, her tail steadily thumping in its own rhythm. "A group of the younger ones ran off, starting pulling pieces of thornroot to chew on. Swells up the tongue, but mostly just looks bad."
She made a short, derisive noise. "For the past day or so the wards have been getting in patients for it. A couple in the middle of the night. There's not much you can do- cub has to go without food for a few days. Make sure there's water, and it clears up."
"But ask anyone and none would admit to having raised dumb children."
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:40 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:47 pm
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Ea couldn't help but laugh at that remark. It was hard to imagine their mother, stumbling in the middle of the night gripped in a fight over her single cub. "As far as I know, no," she said, a flash of fangs glimpsing in her smile. "Mother ran us strict enough when there were six of us. I can't imagine being the only one."
"If Kimeti did dose himself with the stuff, she'd probably give him a tap on the bottom and handle it herself," she mused. But then, with a short snort: "...but on the off chance, I'll stop by and take a look at him."
"Apparently, rumor is another older cub put them all up to it," she said with a grimace. "When I do find out the name of them, I'll be sure he serves his time in the wards as a rug."
Vent over, Ea took a short breath, and looked back to her sister. "Other than that? The usual incidentals."
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:58 pm
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"Very true," Fia mused, "poor boy. I hadn't ever considered that. Being the only child of the litter must make it impossible to make any mischief. No siblings to blame or use as a distraction." To not have any brothers or sisters to grow up with was an odd thing for a cub, she supposed. The two of them had been part of a large litter and twins, as well. Perhaps she took her sister for granted, too.
"I imagine he'll be glad for a visit whether he followed the other kids or not. Or, being a smart boy, maybe he'll know the culprit behind the scheme and point you in the right direction."
The snake flicked his tongue lazily, "or perhaps you'll find that he himself, is the culprit."
Fia rolled her mismatched eyes, "riiiight. That's a definite possibility. Can't understand how we didn't think of that ourselves."
Itzcoatl huffed in response.
"Are you thinking of swinging by mother and father's den now, Ea?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:09 pm
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It might have been in sarcasm, but Ea hadn't considered the fact that their little brother could have potentially been responsible. Her brow furrowed, for a moment considering. To be truthful, although she had certainly graced her mother's den several times during the pregnancy and after the birth, she was also quite busy.
So many of her younger brothers tended to blur together.
"That wasn't the plan," she said, rising to her feet. "But it certainly could be. I don't relish the idea of returning back to the wards."
But before she did, the doctor loomed for a moment near the snake, "Any grounds you have for that theory of yours?" she said with a warning timbre. "Snakes do, on occasion, have medicinal applications."
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:18 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:32 pm
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