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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:35 pm
Tokeru could not help but laugh as Kyley came screeching in on Savages back. He saw the expression in the great cat's eyes as she called him Mr. Stripes. "Kyley, are you hungry? It's supper time. Savage can come with us too, and so can midnight. Although Savage will have to come back here after for a little while, he needs to keep an eye on that child. I need to be here when he wakes up."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:51 pm
"Hey Crow man! Where's Auntie Eden? Is she gonna come have supper with us? You did not give her wings that got stuck to her did you? She wouldn't like that." She smiled at his suggestion of bringing both Savage and Midnight, stroking Midnight whom was now in her arms and giving Savage a kiss on his right foreleg as she was not tall enough to kiss the top of his head.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:54 pm
Tokeru laughed dispite himself. "Well, if i'm Crow man, then I need to find you a nickname. Hmm, how about, the sugar monster? Would you like that to be your nickname? Or no wait, the Human vaccuum. Nah, that ones no good. I'll think of one you just wait."
He sent savage ahead to warn the chefs at the cafeteria. "Auntie Edith should be back soon, she's just at her brother's wedding right now. She should be done soon."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:14 pm
Kyley giggled at Tokeru's nicknames. "No! I'm not a vaccuum! You're silly! Just like Mr. Stripes... I don't like that name... I think I like Bounce better. Mama always said that Bounce smelled better. And bounce means jump. And Bounce jumped really big there!" Her last sentence meant that Savage had jumped far, her grammar being a little off.
"Wedding? What sort of house is a wedding? Is it a really big house?" Wedding, to a little kid it could sound like some sort of fancy house and to this kid it had. "Why," she asked with disappoint ment, "can't I go to her brother's house?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:17 pm
Tokeru scratched his head. "A wedding is not a house. It's a boring thing with a bunch of stuffy old men and women that stand around talking to each other. Not at all fun. Hey, I have an Idea. After we go eat, would you like to go watch a movie? I think we have the little mermaid or something like that. I know we have over the hedge."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:23 pm
Kyley listened to Tokeru talk, still picturing a huge-a** mansion in her mind when the word wedding was uttered. "Why," Kyley asked Tokeru, look rather perplexed and annoyed, "would she go where old people talk together? She isn't old at all. She's too pretty to be old. If old people are talking there then you should go. You look older than Auntie Eden does. Why did she go? Is she mad at me? Did I do something bad?" She was starting to look frightened, a little afraid.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:26 pm
Tokeru chuckled. "She went because her brother was there, and she wanted to talk to him. She said something about a birthday present or other. Is it your birthday soon? Maybe she's getting you a present?"
He kneeled down on the ground, and ruffled Kyley's hair. "Don't worry about it, now. Lets go eat. You hungry for cake?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:32 pm
Kyley looked wide-eyed at Tokeru's question. "How did you know my birthday was soon? Did Auntie Eden tell you when it was? My Mama said my birthday was in this many days." She flashed all ten of her fingers three times. "She told me that before the tall old man with the cane came to visit. That's when I phoned Auntie Eden. He helped me phone her." She smiled, then it faded as she remembered what Tokeru had told her before and actually flinched. "Please don't hurt my hand again. I remember I'm supposed to tell a police if I see him again."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:35 pm
Tokeru laughed. "Don't worry, I know you remember. You are a smart little girl. Now" he said, offering his hand to her. "Can i escort the prettiest little girl in the world to supper? I'm sure savage, i mean bounce, would like to eat with you."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:46 pm
Kyley looked perplexed once again as Tokeru offered his hand for her hand to take, which she did. "I thought," she said with confusion, obviously not as unaware as she may have seemed, "that you thought Auntie Eden was the prettiest girl in the world. Or is she the prettiest big girl and I'm the prettiest little girl?" Questions, questions galore, Edith had warned Tokeru about Kyley's questions and she had meant it when she had.
"Savage," she repeated, mimicking Tokeru with a smile. "Is that his real name? Is Savage good-smelling clothes soap too? I think I will call him BounceSavage... no... I like SavageBounce better." She smiled, skipping on the spot as Tokeru stood over her.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:49 pm
Tokeru laughed once again. "Shhh, don't tell Auntie Edith, but you are the prettiest girl in the world. It's a secret between us. She'd attack me if you told her, it needs to be a secret. can you keep a secret kyley?"
He thought back to Edith, and why she had left him with Kyley. You owe me now. Seriously, you really do owe me Completly forgetting that she could probably hear that.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:56 pm
The young girl both gasped and giggled. "You're silly! I won't tell Auntie Eden though, I don't want her to attack you. Then you'd need a lot of band-aids and I don't think she has any right now. I have some at home but Auntie Eden said that my home is here now until she finds Mama. I'm the goodest secret-keeper ever. Mama told me not to tell Daddy that she was baking him a cake and I didn't."
Edith, in fact, could not hear it for she was not listening for Tokeru's thoughts right now, too preoccupied with Reno, trying to calm him down. That, and her telepathic range was not nearly that great yet. She could not even hear someone's thoughts through a wall yet.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:01 pm
Tokeru smiled. "Now, may I escort you to dinner? I'm getting kinda hungry, and by the sound of your tummy, I think you are too."
Tokeru hoped that Kyley would finally let him eat. He was starving and wanted to eat. If she didnt let him go, he was gonna just pick her up and run to the cafeteria, ordering the biggest goddamn steak he could get, and then scarfing it down within a matter of seconds.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:09 pm
Kyley smiled and giggled at the funny word that Tokeru said to her. "Esssscot is another funny word. And as long as it doesn't mean anything bad then you can essscot me to supper, not dinner, supper sounds better." Opinionated much? Yep, even at four years of age those preferrences were there, they were every where.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:24 pm
Tokeru smiled patiently. "Escort means bring you, kinda like a date. Now, lets go eat. I am hungry."
He took Kyley's hand, and brought her through the winding halls of the chapterhouse, walking for about 5 minutes before reaching the cafeteria. He went to a booth and sat down.
After a few minutes, a waitress came. It was Jenny once again. "Hi Tokeru, Oh. Who's the pretty lady?"
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