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If it was one thing Alise hated, it was being dragged clothes shopping by her mother. Oh, sure, it'd be one thing if Alise got to pick out the things she wanted, but her mother always insisted on buying Alise frilly princess-like dresses, which might have been cute when she was, like, three, but simply made Alise want to go and run outside and roll in a mud puddle or something just to rebel.

The only upside to this was that her mother had promised to buy her another rabbit plush for her collection if she behaved, so she soldiered on, looking forward to the newest addition to her tea parties she often held with her plush dolls. Still, Alise couldn't help but fidget as she sat on a stool in the department store, watching her mother browse the dresses, and eventually managed to wheedle her way into getting permission to go look at the toys, with the reasoning that she wanted to go ahead and pick out the doll she wanted.

One small freedom was better than nothing, she supposed.

A small voice caught Alise's attention, and she looked down to find...

... A cat? But animals weren't allowed in stores, but this cat was talking to her, and... Well, Alise wasn't exactly going to be a spoilsport and get him tossed out- she wanted to go somewhere more fun, and this cat was offering to do something more fun with her!

Strange or not, this talking cat was her new best friend.

"That sounds awesome!" Alise told Pippin, as if it was completely normal to hold a conversation with a cat that could talk back, "Where are we going?"