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Kali smiled as she opened the door to the pet store the bell chiming to alert the staff that a customer had come in. Moving deeper into the store she headed into the supply area wondering if she should get some cat food, it wasn’t what she came for but the brand she used was on sale and considering how expensive it was at full price it was a good idea. Grabbing a bag of treats on the shelf above the food she decided it would be better to grab it right before she left instead of carrying it the whole time she was in the store, which with her being her meant that it could be a while before she left the store. She had been moving to the isle that had what she had come for when she heard some kitten start mewing and turning around she headed towards them.

Jayke paused as he heard the sound of a mewling kitten, a small smile stealing its way onto his face. Most people saw cute little balls of fur when they saw cats and kittens at a pet store; Jayke liked to fantasize about them growing up to be large, powerful predators and taking over the city, turning it into a literal urban jungle. Or perhaps he could pull a move his foster parents would be proud of and open every cage he could reach, freeing the animals and causing a panic. He almost considered it, but remembered that the creatures in here tended to be too used to being fed and taken care of; they might not survive on their own.

He walked over in the direction of the mewling until he was leaning down and facing a truly ferocious specimen; a tiny orange kitten with a mew loud enough to carry two aisles down. Jayke beamed at the tiny paw that batted the cage bars; if he was this vocal now, when he grew up, his meow would probably rival a tiger's.

The crying of the kitten drifted through the next couple of isles, and Koorie felt her lips twitch a little into a frown. After a few more pathetic cries, the girl gave up on trying to concentrate on the rats and instead went to see what was wrong with that kitten. It was making one heck of a ruckus.

Turning into the isle, she halted abruptly, seeing that two other kids were already in front of the cages. Silently, she watched them, her eyes judging and calculating .

Kali nodded in agreement. “I think he’s working on his roar." she giggled slightly imagining a tigers roar coming out of the tiny kitten. "I agree I don’t understand how some people can be so stupid, they adopt an animal thinking it’s going to be calm all the time or they don’t realize just how big it will get. Then they decide they can’t handle it anymore and get rid of it.” She sighed annoyed “Don’t they realize that animals don’t just sit there and look pretty? They have personalities too. Just because the breed is normally calm doesn’t mean that your pet will be." Some people really need to be slapped upside their head ... or worse.

Jayke honestly didn't know what to make of his situation, or how it had suddenly come to this; being surrounded by two girls that he didn't know, and having a conversation with them that didn't involve them thinking he was slow and dull. He hadn't had this much friendly interaction since......well he couldn't even remember. He usually avoided such social interaction, but he was actually finding it rather nice. At least they seemed to get where he was coming from with his righteous indignation of the mistreatment of animals.

"Lots of animals can break the stereotype of their kind, same as people. In fact, if you treat an animal with the same respect as a person, you usually manage to avoid any kind of mistreatment, like the whole hoarding thing." He nodded to the other, more seemingly reserved girl. "One wouldn't hoard a bunch of children in a house; it should be the same with animals. If someone did an investigation and found someone keeping a bunch of kids in squalor, they'd get their a** carted off to jail. But then if it's a bunch of tiny kittens, so starved they end up eating each other, why it's treated like some kind of misunderstanding." Jayke didn't have a lot of sympathy for those who would mistreat animals, mentally unfit or no. Even if it was not the fault of that person directly, SOMETHING could always be done to prevent such a thing from happening.

Seeing the other girl still so distant, Jayke turned and offered a bigger smile to the first. "Good to know there are some people in this city with heads on their shoulders." He offered an elongated nod, more like a short bow, to the first girl. "My name's Jayke."