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If a regular civilian passed Bernard right now in one of the parks, they would only see a cat staring at a pile of leaves, most likely in an attempt to follow a squirrel or chipmunk or some other creature that cats would be fascinated with.

But Bernard wasn't just any cat. And this wasn't just any pile of leaves. Or so he believed. It was around this time of year last year that he had jumped into a pile and had been teleported elsewhere in the city.

And now when they gathered up Bernard was wary of them, wondering if this was yet another strange magical pile. After all, if the city was the one cleaning up these leaves, wouldn't they take them all before the day ended? Or perhaps it was some Negaverse plot?

His tail waved back and forth in slight irritation at the non-answers he was getting looking at the pile, and he was so distracted that he didn't feel any auras that were in the area.

Bernard would have jumped higher in the air except for the amount of girth that he had, which only made him jump 3 feet instead.

His fur was standing on edge and he attempted to figure out the situation. There was a Senshi... was that all that had happened?

He moved his head side to side quickly before letting out a sigh. "My lady you surprised me! I knew this was no ordinary leaf pile..." He muttered the last bit before looking at the Senshi again. "Are you all right?"

"Y-yes, yes I am young lady." He said with a nod, his tail smoothing out a bit. "The same thing happened to me last year and so I was inspecting this pile as it seemed a bit suspicious. I'm glad you are unhurt." He said as he walked towards her before looking at the pile again.

"You're in one of the parks within the city, closer to where I live." He hadn't wanted to travel very far. "I don't believe we have met. I am Bernard." He said with a slight bow.

"It is very good to meet you Miss Lacaille." He said with a head nod. "Let us get away from this leaf pile lest we accidentally fall in and land somewhere neither of us know.

"Though I have had experience with them before, I did not go and test to see if they would take one to the same place that they came from. I would rather not have to experience it again." He said, sighing, taking a few steps away from the pile. "I know a good cafe around here that we can stay at until you can find your way home, or perhaps there may be some familiar sights around here that will help you know the way. At any rate, I shall accompany you until you are safe."

"Great!" He said, his fur-stache curling a bit more. "It's not too far from here, and we can get to know each other a bit better on the way." He said as he started to move in the direction of the cafe. "How long have you been a Senshi my dear? What do you like to do the most?" He got quiet for a moment as he saw someone in the distance coming their way, before they took a turn in another direction. "I apologize if this is too much. As long as I have been at all of this, I still don't know very many Senshi. I have awakened a few and also helped a few to get to their next stage, but I think I know more Mauvians than I do Senshi." He said with a chuckle, finally making it to the street that the cafe was on, though it still required some walking.

If Bernard could shrug while he was walking on four paws he would have. "Who knows my dear. I have met at least a few Senshi who seemed to have no connection to their Sphere, but I think it's even more special when it's a sphere that you already fit in with well."

He continued to walk but was quiet for a moment. "But, I believe every Senshi grows into what their Sphere is and the connection at the end of the road becomes strong for all of them. But, I can't say if you are wrong or right. I believe a study would need to be done and I'm not sure if I'm up for all of that... work." As willing as he was to go out and help Senshi, anything after that usually fell into his "I'd rather be napping" time. He chuckled a bit at her next question. "Yes unfortunately I'll have to be a normal cat. But they seem quite amused with me and I usually get something out of it." He said, giving her a wink. "Whether it's pets or treats. This cafe at least is pet-friendly."

"Yes! I'm sure you'll find something you like in there. They have very delicious ham and cheese croisants that I like to get. Though if you are a vegetarian there are many other options to choose from. They even have a space for gluten-free foods..." Bernard kept describing the cafe until they came to it's doors, a nice little cafe on a corner of the street.

He let Lacaille go first and followed after her, sending a friendly meow towards the staff to let them know he was now here and could they please treat him? He was just so hungry and totally starving!

Bernard was grateful for the offering, though the staff had chuckled at the interaction.

Luckily they were both able to eat before going home and hopefully neither of them would fall victim to leaf-pile teleportation again.