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"Like a tail and everything?" There was a girl with cat ears and tail who came into her mothers store but that was the only way they looked like a cat.As she spoke Bishop rolled the glove covered ornament in pan of nearby glitter. Being pleased when the glitter stuck mainly to the glued pattern. " and what's PE?"

Carol laughed softly " No I get all the the ones who need a home and conveniently show up in my store." Not that she minded horribly but it might be nice to prepare every now and then. " I don't think any child is ever really bad it's just some are naturally aggressive or destructive." Carol paused to review her words she supposed you could argue that point with sociopaths but now wasn't the time.


" Someplace dark and loud" Andrea replied, that was her first memory " and then I had a different mother and family and then my house melted and everyone was gone." No crying, Andrea wouldn't cry she was stronger than that! really she was.

It hurt though still to hear bishop call carol mommy and know she had no one to call that anymore. Frustrated she stared into her drink.

Bishop giggled " I don't think I want paws, I like fingers and toes" Not that Bishop had found much use for her toes, stile she liked how it felt when she wiggled them, especially in the bath. Spotting a pretty shade of pink Bishop dipped her brush into it and began tracing along one side of her sparkle design. She caught Kaimi looking at her headwings and smiled. "I wish they let me fly" she admitted. It wasn't that she didn't like them she just wished they did something like other peoples wings.


Carol looked thoughtful for a moment " I think I'm going to make a rule about no pets, at least until after the holidays. With snow falling and the like training any animal to go outside for "business" might be impossible."

" A tube, was it big like in the movies?" Andrea remembered seeing people in tubes in several different movies. What they were doing in there she forgot.

Bishop's eyes brightened she hadn't thought about that, about getting bigger and them getting bigger to and maybe flying with them.

Bishop stood at the edge of a grassy cliff looking off into the ocean. It had been years since she'd visited the beach and now, now she returned to take her first steps towards freedom. A strong warm wind blew in the girls face pulling back on her hair and the long elegant headwings that trails back from the side of her head. Soon, she would fly.

" I hope they grow." Amber eyes looked at Kaimi " What do you want when you get bigger?" Not, Bishop noticed, that Kaimi wasn't already bigger than her a bit.


Carol just nodded, Gaia had always been her home but even for a native of the planet she was aware that the place had rhythm all it's own that practically no one could dance to perfectly." Definitely getting a no pet rule for a while" she mused. " Oh are you having the no I'm not eating that , thing yet? Recently Bishop seems to have declared war on all beans, fish and any food she doesn't like how it looks." Really you were supposed to try things before judging them.

Andrea giggled outright at Mara's last statement. " It hurts, no one wants to be hurt." she explained. " maybe you're an animal" she suggested " some of them bite each other to talk, I saw it on the dog whisperer show." It made sense if they could make a whole person they could make her part dog right? Even if she didn't look it.

" Your flowers are magic" Bishop pointed out then pointed to her necklace with contained the flower Kaimi had given her encased in a special glass with air holes. " Normal flowers die but this one won't and it still smells like you." Bishop thought it might not be as cool as a fairy summoned dust bunny but it was still pretty neat and clearly magic. " I talk to it sometimes" the girl admitted quietly. Sometimes she just wanted someone to talk to and the flower reminded her of Kaimi who she was sure would listen.


" Weird, must be something in her that makes her a natural vegetarian" Carol thought that must be interesting if frustrating for Naomi who had to coordinate family meals around that.

Andrea laughed at the other girl, she was very strange, not in the same way as Bishop but definitely strange. " What sort of dog are you" the blond asked before sipping at her hot chocolate.

Bishop returned the surprise hug , getting a bit of paint and sparkles on the other girl in the process. " It's lonely sometimes and you're my best friend." Bishop had met other children like the quiet August and the smart Kisala but Kaimi was still her favorite friend. Even when she went to school and met new kids she wouldn't forget the girl with the magic flowers.


Carol wrinkled her nose " I love those two things but even I'd get bored eventually, though I did eat peanut butter and bannana sandwiches for a whole week once. I was nine and trying to prove to my mom I didn't need her to cook for me." The woman shook her head head at the thought " I was so sick by the end"

"Cereberus is a big black dog with red eyes and huge teeth" Andrea said. She remembered that from a tv show on mythical creatures. " If I was an animal I'd be a dog too, becuase dogs are loyal. maybe a collie are something."

Amber eye were alight with glee."Ok, " she looked furtively around at the others surrounding them. This wasn't a very secret place but it would have to do." It has to be a magic oath so even spells can't break it." Bishop valued her friend dearly and she wanted to make sure nothing ever happened to her or their friendship.

Carol laughed softly " I hated onions as a kid, love them now but I can see why as a kid you'd spend the night avoiding them.

Andrea shook her head " The lassie dog was secretly a boy, so maybe not a collie."

" We could make our own" Bishop offered. " Like symbol that we drew on each morning when we woke up or something. As long as we didn't draw it with something that could hurt us or where anyone would get mad." Bishop had non toxic glitter pens at home. Sometimes when work was slow Carol would draw little bracelet designs around her wrist with them. Something like that could work, only something easier becuase the bracelets usually took a while.

The owl like girl looked at the ornament she'd made for Kaimi, silver white glitter danced across a clear surface ringed with purple on one side and and icey blue on the other. It was nice she thought, a little decorated but not covering the whole surface and making it look messy.

" Me too, it makes me happy to see Bishop so excited to go out when there's the possibility of seeing Kaimi. I don't have to worry about her being the kid with no friends who skips school and hangs around convenience stores all day." She also didn't appear to be the girl with only one friend which was also good. Dependency on one person lead to obsessiveness and that killed friendships and relationships quicker than anything , at least in Carol's experience.

" In the story it's a girl" Andrea explained" but a boy dog played the girl part becuase their fur stays prettier."