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((Oh, hm, I never replied to Aradia..~))

Professor Feline took the horn and spent about ten excrutiatingly careful minutes gluing Caiden's horn back on.

((There. XD))

After the crisis in the lab passed, and Caiden was beginning to heal, Feline had spent a few days out in the desert collecting samples of various things. She returned shortly after, however, and realized there was a dustling in her presence that she wasn't too familiar with. She set her experiment tools down on her counter and took her sandy labcoat off, then wiped her forehead off with a towel. It was a hot day.

"Hello," Feline called to the dustling, and smiled. "I haven't seen you around..." She pondered what he needed.

Crow stopped suddenly as a large yellow.. wait.. could it be? A dustling! Just what she had been looking for.. She wondered for a moment if her aunt and uncle missed her. Doubtful. She raised an eyebrow as the yellow dustling seemed to growl at her. Cute. Now where was this.. Dr. Feline? Was that who she was supposed to see about abandoned dustlings?

She walked past the dustling, wondering where she could find the Doctor.
She had been suprised, this looked more like a house then a lab. Nothing in jars, besides, food, of course. She made a meandering course through the rooms, taking a quick peek in each one. Nothing scary there. But where was the Dr?

Clyde turned his head down and blushed. Clyde stood up on his back haunces and stared at the Doctor. He seemed to be very lost... He then had an idea he quickly loped out of the lab and into the oasis grabbing a handful of sand and tossed it onto the floor once he stood back at the Dr's feet. He made a horrible look. It said I don't like this sand I want better sand.... He wanted his babies to be the best of the best that he could ever make.

Feline watched. It was obvious that this dustling was deperately trying to convey his emotions to her, but she wasn't quite sure. "I can see... you're in love... but sand? Yes, you use sand to breed." She looked into his eyes and realized he didn't -want- that sand. "Not that sand? Well... all sand is pretty similar, boy..." She stood back up and tapped her chin. "Well, if sand is your problem, there is a very nice, soft blend of sand near the base of the nearest mountain range-- still a while away, but the sand has been ground up into very fine, reddish-orange powder. I actually took some samples of that..." she began to ramble, and grinned. "But yes, near the mountains."

Looking back, Feline realized a girl had entered her lab. She looked like an outsider-- and she had never seen her before. "Oh wow, someone actually replied to our ad? I assumed no one would come out to the middle of the desert just for these creatures!" She stepped forward, placing her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Interested in a dustling, are we? We've got a few..."

She led her off to a separate room, where a few dustlings were slumbering or staring off into space.

Crow grinned. The doctor didn't seem to mind her scruffy appearance. That was good. She nodded quickly and followed her into a seperate room. She stared at all the dustlings. All of them looked nice..except for a few. Looking in the corner of a room, she saw an old looking lavender one just looking into space with the saddest expresion on her face.
"Who's that one?" She asked, pointing to the lavender female.

The lavender looked up at the ceiling. No one wanted her. She couldn't even remember her old name..she didn't have one anymore.. Was someone in the room? Yes, the kind docotor..and.. a stranger? Lazily she turned her head to look at the incomers. The doctor was standing next to a scruffy looking girl. Pfft. Just somebody to adopt one of the younger ones. She sighed and rolled over on her back, not noticing that the girl was pointing to her.

"Years?" Crow felt pity for the poor thing. She wanted to just run over to her, and tell her averything would be ok.. But that would look foolish..
"Umm.." She rubbed her forehead, "She isn't reserved?" she pondered for a moment. "Could I take her in?" She quickly dug into her pockets, bringing out a few dollar bills. She grinned sheepishly, before digging into her other pocket, and producing a twenty dollar bill. "That should be enough.." She looked at Dr.Feline, "Right?"

The lavender female turned around slowly. What was all the commotion about? Was that girl pointing to her? Probably asking if dustlings get any older, she thought with a snort. But interested now, she heaved herself up into a sitting postion, and watched the two humans converse in that loud rackety noise of thiers.

Crow's eyes lit up. She finally had a dustling! "Thankyou!" she grinned at the little dustling. "Mistrusting?" She nodded, "I'll be careful.Promise." She shifted her feet. "Do you.." she gritted her teeth at the thought of going back to her aunt and uncle. It felt to good to be free like this, "Do you have a place where I could stay..?" She grinned sheepishly.

The lavender female stared at the doctor. Was she pointing too.. a new owner? For HER?! Oh man..Oh man..Could this be happening? She wanted to cry with relief and screech with anger at the same time. This person would probably abandon her too..just like her old one, she thought bitterly. But she realized she had to go. She didn't have much of a choice. With a great sigh, she heaved herself up, and walked towards the Doctor, all the time warily watching her new 'owner' with bitterness in her eyes.
(( I have to go for a wee bit..))

"Okay. Thanks!" Crow smiled at the doctor, and quickly began walking towards the house, The lavender dustling warily following her.

Why was she following her? She should go back.. But she didn't. She looked back at the doctor with a face of despair.