The minipets had missed her.
Now, though, she had a duckling to attend to, who was apparently living in some sort of ghetto-room with a...broken door? Man, kids these days. When her s**t broke, she'd just moved out. Having a roommate was worth it. Maybe doubly so because of the romantic interest in her roomie, but hey. Still!
As instructed, Clerise whaled on the nearest wall with her fist. "Hey new guy I don't know! It's Clerise!"
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