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Rosalind was walking down the main walkway of the large mall, looking back and forth trying to find a baby clothing store. The little one in her arms could only go for so long wearing over sized shirts. Even now he was wearing one of her coats. All of him was wrapped up in the long, soft material while one of the sleeves was being used by the eel tail as a way to see what was going on outside of the coat.

Hector's ears were turning forward and backward, enjoying how well he could hear everything that was going on around him. He was snuggled down in a coat of rich materials and was enjoying the warmth that came from the coat and from the woman carrying him. Rosalind was her name, she was so nice to him and so were the other women who worked with her.

He gave a purring sound, his yellows eyes going quite wide as they passed by a small store that was full of bright colors and stuffed animals. The tail gave a hissing sound reaching toward the store in a manner that got Rosa's attention as the tail brush against her, giving her a little shock.

"Huh? Oh." She turned to look in the large windows, "Maybe after we get you some clothing we can back here." Though how they were supposed to fit his clothing when he had so many arms was beyond her. She had a feeling it would take a bit of modification so he could wear them.

Hector and his tail both seemed to be pouting over not being able to get a stuffed animal to play with. He wiggled his arms free of his coat-blanket to try to climb up Rosa as they started to walk away from the toy store.

Hector's eyes were on the shop while the eel in the sleeve slithered around Rosa to look in that direction as well. This wasn't any fun... that shop looked so interesting, all sorts of bright colors, pretty things, and he just wanted to get his many hands on some of those animals! The young boy continued to wiggle in his guardian's arms, until he was hanging over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Two hands held onto her shoulder while the scaled hands reached out toward the toys making grasping motions.

The tail strained and struggled to get in that direction as well though only got itself tangled in the sleeve of the coat and having gone around Rosa in a different direction the Hector made a possible escape impossible. The tail paused in its struggle when it noticed that something small was following after them. It blinked its blue eyes then gave her a toothy smile, giving a hissing sound at her of greeting.

Rosa didn't notice the one following them at the moment, instead all of her attention was on her boy and doing her best to keep him from tumbling off her shoulder.

Hector gave a sighing sound, crossing his arms on her shoulder and then rested his head on them. The toy store was out of sight soon enough and he found himself looking in the direction that his tail was. His ears turned forward and his eyes widened a little as he spotted a small form following along after him. He gave a grin showing lots of sharp teeth and reached two hands out toward her, making grasping motions.

He pulled one way, the tail pulled the other way, and Rosalind had to pause to attempt to untangle herself from them, "Alright you two, calm down now." She said, "We will go back to that store soon enough." She had to keep in mind that young children would be happier to look through a toy store then a clothing store.

She gave a sound of relief when she was able to get the pair situated again, then looked down at the one who had just spoke. The voice belonged to a small girl that seemed to have been following along behind her, "Hello there Little One." She greeted her, wondering if she had gotten herself lost.

Rosa looked down at Hector's tail before giving a nod of her head, "Yes, though I guess to be honest its Hector's eel more then it is mine." She explained, kneeling down so that Hector was more at the girl's level so he would stop squirming and attempt to escape from her grasp. At least this way if he some how freed himself he was pretty close to the ground.

Both Hector and the eel tail seemed quite pleased when they were lowered down to the right level where they could really see the girl in front of them. Hector immediately set to purring, something that came unconsciously from him when he was pleased with something.

The eel used the opportunity to get get a bit closer to her as well, stretching out as far as it could.

Rosa gave a little chuckle at the girl's words, "Yeah, I've gotten a couple shocks already myself from it." The girl was pretty knowledgeable about animals wasn't she? That impressed the pale skinned woman greatly.

Rosa gave a soft laugh, finding the girl's reaction to be both adorable and amusing at the same time.

Hector and his tail both watched her as she ran around them, neither blinking as though they didn't want to miss anything. She was an interesting girl, excited and energetic. It got the boy clapping all of his hands in delight at her antics. His ears turned forward at her request seeming to be unable to purr on command, so instead he reached all his hands out toward her again grasping at her, trying to get closer so that he could give her a hug.

"Careful now." Rosa said, letting him slid out of her arms to his own feet and then plopped down onto his backside. His tail was able to dodge quick enough that it didn't get sat on and moved around Hector finding it was now close enough to nudge the girl. Given it seemed to be content at the moment it didn't give off a shock when it touched her, doing that the most often when it was upset or overly excited about things.

"His name is Hector." Rosalind introduced her son to the little girl, "My name is Rosa." She found herself looking down at the tail, "And that is Hector's tail... Hmm.. it probably needs a name too." She would decide upon one when she got home. As it seemed to have a personality of its own it would need a better name then 'Hector's Tail' to go with it.

Hector was quite pleased by the hug, snuggling against his new found friend with all of his arms and even his tail wrapped around her for the length of the hug. It was a nice feel that caused another bout of purring to come from his throat while they were snuggled against each other. When the hug end his purring slowed and then halted. His tall ears turned toward her, taking in her greeting and her nail, eyes lowering to her tail when she showed it off.

He found it strange, so far he'd not seen a single person with a tail like his, one that had eyes on it or a mouth on it. He reached out one of the arms that had the fins on it and patted her tail in a sort of greeting.

Rosalind looked in the direction they had been heading and gave a little laugh, "We were going to find Hector something to wear, hes been wearing my shirts for the passed few days while we were getting to know each other but... they are far to big for him." Not to mention they were girly shirts, not exactly child proof, and made from expensive materials that were easily shredded by sharp claws and teeth, "After that we were planning on going to the toy store, what about you?"

Maybe if she knew where Elly was headed she would know if the girl were lost or not.