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The little place that Brioche was letting him stay was growing on him. It was warm, safe, and even with all the other felines around it was someplace he rather liked. It was both a surprise and not a surprise that only Brioche was a mauvian while the rest were just normal Earth cats.

Appreciating the bed Brioche pulled together for him, Chang'e often curled up with the other cats by the fire to keep warm. It was something nice to come back to after his outings to poke around the city. More and more snow kept him inside but that was alright as he picked up more things from Brioche.

Napping comfortably with his hand tucked under his cheek, the paw on his cheek got him stirring. "Good morning Brioche." Stretching beneath the blanket, he reached out and hugged the mauvian before yawning.

"A sale? Or a bargain?" Something he knew from trade deals and was glad to see still existed. Keeping the Mauvian close he hummed a bit. "I'm awake, it's so nice and warm though. Is it still very cold outside?" Part of him hoped it wouldn't last much longer that the weather would have another one of those odd warm days between the chilly ones that were normal for this season.

Chang'E's face scrunched up at the mention of the cold lasting for months which meant that this was probably the worst time for him to have ended up on Earth. At least it was nice here in this apartment, at least that's what Brioche called this type of building. It reminded him of the merchant district with its barracks back home but with more privacy.

"I can go, it'll be faster if I carry you right? Then you can teach me where to go in the future." These little excursions with the mauvian were better than the times he wandered on his own, the company was nicer than the information he was gathering in his opinion.

Pulling the mauvian into his arms as he sat up, he continued petting them. Brioche had to be the nicest mauvian he'd met so petting them was something he was glad to be able to do and they didn't seem to dislike it either which was great.

"We can hurry out and then back here where it's warm, I want to see how the stores are here. I know they must be different than they were back then or back home." It was reassuring that metal coins weren't as common here as they had been on Chang'E, he still skirted around the things like they were toxic and didn't want to touch any of them.

Stretching a bit more and shifting so that his legs hung over the side of the bed to rest lightly on the floor, Chang'E yawned just a bit more before standing. The clothes he was wearing were borrowed as well, way too big but not something he minded much since it was warm.

Walking across the floor, following Brioche, the coat that was left out was large as well but from what he could tell it didn't look like a woman's coat. Maybe the lady had a family member that used to live here, maybe a son or grandson but he wasn't sure. It meant he could at least wear things that were a bit better for him when it came to style he assumed. At least with things being looser, it didn't rub his scales the wrong way when he wasn't using the glamour pin they'd made for him.

"Okay, I can pull this on and some shoes and we can go. Maybe you can tell me more about things here." He'd heard some things and learned more through that thing called YouTube but overall he still didn't have a feel for the hows and whys of Earth when it came to the people here.

Looking around, he grabbed one of the large satchel-looking bags that hung near the door, contemplating if it would work to help carry the mauvian around without seeming too odd or suspicious. "Do you think this would work and be comfortable for you?"

Listening to the explanation, made him feel like that catch-all term would come up if he decided to just go out as is, but the mention of being bruised up being so easily waved away did concern him slightly.

"Cosplay... so like some sort of costume or disguise?" At least it seemed like it from the explanation but if that was the case he was more than a little jealous things could be written off so easily in this day and age. Back then when he'd come here they'd not taken as well to him in certain communities. It was expected given how every planet and culture was different, some not being as welcome to outsiders but whatever changes had happened on Earth seemed to make things less crappy when it came to that.

Bending down, he carefully scooped up Brioche and tucked him into the bag, leaving it open so they could poke their head out and he could continue with the petting he so very much enjoyed. "You're not too heavy Brioche, I had to move goods much heavier than you before." Then again he'd been better off back then but the rest he'd been able to get here was helping get him back towards where he'd been. That and all the food, something that seemed to be of no issue to bring to him. It was too much it felt like but he appreciated it and ate what he could.

Stepping out of the apartment, he went over the steps in his head on how to lock up, feeling the mechanism click into place as he turned the key. It wasn't much different than other ones he'd used other than the outward appearance. Everything seemed so slimmed down and less decorative than they were in the past.

"Which way do I go? Down towards that bakery?" Keeping his voice a bit low, he had seen some people talking to themselves only to find out that they had small little things in their ears that allowed for communication. It wasn't something he fully understood but it made it a tiny bit easier to manage talking to Brioche and acting like he was on a "call" since his hair covered his ears so people might not know he wasn't just doing the same as they were.

If it was the bakery it wasn't too far, they'd shown him the way before as well as a few other places right on the same street as the apartment building.

Hearing the compliments from Brioche did perk him up a bit against the cold wind. It helped with some of the issues he'd noticed since really getting the time to see what all that wandering had done. He'd lost weight and his hair wasn't quite sleek or shiny enough to meet the standards he'd always held himself to.

Scratching between Brioche's ears lightly as they mentioned him being strong, it really wasn't something he ever considered himself exactly. Not when it came to actual physical strength but he took the compliment and followed their directions.

"Do... they know you talk? Call it cosplay right?" Explain away what might not fit with things with one simple word, it almost seemed like magic to him. Then again a lot of the odd things he'd noticed seemed like magic but he knew it didn't feel like magic did. At least, he was not aware of magic like the talking devices or lit screens and the internet. There were dregs of that he remembered from Mercury, but they all seemed so muddled behind the drone of the wandering he'd done on his world once it was locked out from the rest.

Pushing the bakery door open, he looked up as a little bell jingled and notified his arrival. "It was an auspicious day yes," he mumbled softly to the mauvian as he looked around at all the bright signs. There were maybe one or two words he could understand, the language now looked so different than how it was back then. The one thing he could tell though, was that one of the signs had an image of the slips of paper Brioche had shown him so at least he could make that connection.

It was fascinating how much the word cosplay seemed to cover things up that might otherwise be odd to normal people. It made him wish more and more things had been that easy with humans in the past, but at least this time around, it seemed to be much easier to interact with them, even with his appearance at times.

Drawing his attention to the woman, he offered a soft smile as they seemed excited by his appearance and that he had brought Brioche with him. "Ah, that would be my grandmother. I've been away for a while, though." Thinking how it might fit, since if he had to write anything, the handwriting wouldn't match, since he was still practicing his English characters.

Looking at the coupon that Brioche had given him, he looked between it and the board for a moment. "I'd like to try the one on the coupon and then a few seasonal things?" It made sense that things would come and go, much as food trends went through the market in his world.

Giving Brioche another gentle head scratch, he smiled back at the woman. "Thank you for taking such good care of him and my grandmother."