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"Where the hell did you even find that?! Put that away! We're Secret Thieves, not arsonists. What did I say before? We only burn down the houses of people we hate. No one lives here. We can't hate them, so no fire!" Chara wiggled his finger at Chip, as if scolding a small child.

Which, in a way, he was.

"And I know it's not a Christmas tree, but the same thing applies!"

“....” He was not pleased at all at the snort From Tetra when he was corrected. No, not pleased at all.

How Dare he.

But, he was supposed to be a good leader. And those sorts of people would only barely punish for some sort of disrespect for that. For Chara, that mean giving the man a quick, but hard slap on the shoulder, before continuing on.

“Phones it is then. ... Once we have an actual apartment to live in, we can think about getting one of these giant TVs. That would be nice, wouldn’t it?”

"No, he doesn't. He's a dumbass child." As if on cue, Chip made his big jump and Chara had half a mind to simply teleport out of the way.

Unfortunately, his paternal instinct kicked in, and he easily caught the kitten in his hands.

"One day, you're going to miss, and it's going to hurt, and you will have no one to blame but yourself. Tetra, you are now commanded to not catch Chip if he does not give you atleast 5 seconds to react. He won't learn otherwise." Even with all that salt, he still gently cradled Chip, petting and scratching him behind the ears as they headed to the phones.

"But anyway, what sorta home do you have, Tetra? Where is it?"

"I'm not saying he's stupid or anything. He's really smart, and makes cool tools. Mostly useful. But that attitude, that's a problem every now and then. But okay, fine, he's still a good boy." He was super cute too, but he wouldn't say that outloud, but did scratch under his chin again and pressed the tiniest of kisses to the top of his head.

... In the end, he knew his life would be alot more sad if his little friend suddenly vanished. Best not to pick on him too much.

"Huh... That does sound pretty nice." The idea of a home not in the Negaverse would be pretty cool. He couldn't afford it just yet, but it was a goal he thought of. Maybe he should steal some phones to pawn off and add to his savings.

Chip was placed on the phone counter, and Chara leaned back against the nearby wall, thinking to himself.

"We should definitely come over to visit. Yes, I think I like this idea."

"Definitely a reason to go visit! I like the idea of an outpost! Since we don't have a home out here on this side of things." His voice surprisingly went soft, contemplating how it would be nice to not hear random noises all through the night of things moving around or soldiers coming and going constantly.

And being able to get good food any time he wanted... That would be nice too.

"Time to head out? Good. I'm getting a little hungry."

"Fawn-dew? Do you mean Fondue? You're gonna end up cheesing yourself up! Let's do the nacho thing, and one day, when you can hold a spork, we'll think about that." Now that they were all set, Chara simply scooped up Chip and started to follow Tetra to the door.

"Not those cheap 7-11 or Taco Bell Nachos either! We want those fancy ones, right, Chip?"

"What is that supposed to mean? You don't feed us every day! But I mean, if you want to, I don't mind at all. I rather like the company, what do you say Chip?" Having friends with opposable thumbs was a blessing, one he needed to not take for granted so much anymore.