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 Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 5:54 pm
"You scary? Rabbits are scary. And rats"
Cody shivered as that old but vivid memory came to mind. It was just one of those things that scarred you for life
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:01 pm
"Rats are pretty creepy," Cass agreed. "I don't know about rabbits, but definitely rats. I think everyone's scared of something, though."
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:05 pm
"All rodents are creppy to me, no matter how cute they say they look. Creppy, creppy, creppy"
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:10 pm
"Well, I guess it's a good think I'm not turning into a rat, then." Cass beamed. "Then you might not want to talk to me, and I like having new people to chat with."
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:16 pm
"Talk? I'd run like hell!"
Cody was too absorved in his fright to liston to what she said next. He just had a not very pleasent thought
"Are... are there any rodent people around?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:21 pm
Cass had to think about that for a moment. "I don't... I don't think so. None that I've met, anyway. I saw one girl a little while ago who looked a little weaselly, but I didn't have a chance to talk to her." She frowned slightly.
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:26 pm
Cody sighed in relief. He wouldn't know what he'd do if he actually bumped into one. Normal rabbits spooked him already, imagine a human sized one!
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:33 pm
"But generally, even if there are any rodent people around, they might be really great people even if they look a bit scary," Cass tried. "Maybe you ought to give them a chance first?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:38 pm
"It's not that, it's just..." Cody couldn't bring himself to speak out loud his trauma. It kept giving him shivers down his spine
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:43 pm
Cass would've raised an eyebrow, if she'd had one to raise. "You don't have to explain it. Unless it would make you feel better. But we all have things that scare us."
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:53 pm
"No, it's... it's the teeth. Horrible, curved, huge teeth. And those eyes! Augh!"
Cody was visibly shaking now, seemed he could collapse any second now. The scene was flashing in front of his eyes. The long, sharp teeth and those piercing red eyes staring at him behind the wall of glass. All bloody and fresh. Something out of a nightmare
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:02 pm
"Cody!" Cass laid a hand lightly on his shoulder, and squeezed. "Calm down, calm down. No rats or rabbits or anything like that around here. Okay? Just calm down. Just me. Just Cass."
Oh, hell. What was she supposed to do?
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:10 pm
Cody just got closer to Cass and leaned against her without a word. His breathing was rapid and his whole body trembled. Right now all he wanted was for those ghosts to go away, to feel safe and protected. He was too spooked to even think on what he was doing
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:17 pm
Cassidy was mildly surprised, but she wrapped her feathered arms around him and squeezed. "Shhh. Shhh. It's okay." Poor kid was probably all sorts of stressed, whatever it was that was bothering him; who wouldn't be, in his shoes? "You're safe right now. Nothing's going to happen to you while I'm around."
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:22 pm
It took a while before Cody calmed himself enough to speak again. He felt embarassed for stressing out like that and looking for confort from someone he just met
"Sorry..."
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