[ Rex comes trotting in from the kitchen, muzzle dripping water. He's been drinking from his bowl, and on seeing Kanaya, gives a happy wag of his tail and lifts his head, ears perking forward. ]
I think he has a sixth sense for when people will be suckered into petting him.
[ Because he is definitely invading Kanaya's leg-space and looking for attention as he cranes his head back, giving her a canine grin. Annie collects his leash and the dog treats and toys packed into a light bag. She heads to the kitchen to fill up water canteens while Rex plies his wiles on Kanaya. ]
[ kanaya kneels down, rubbing rex on his ears with a ridiculously large smile. ]
Oh, look at you. Look at you! You've gotten so big, haven't you! [ he keeps trying to lick at her, but she's not ready for dog spit on face, but luckily rubbing his ears keeps him from getting too close. she scoops him up and carries him into the living room. ] Come along, you're going to sit with me.
[ she takes a seat on the couch, letting him lay across her lap, even though he's a bit too big for it, and starts preparing her portal. is he supposed to be on the couch? she probably should have asked. ]
The house is new, I notice! [ she calls out to annie, in the other room. ]
[ Rex flops down quite content across Kanaya's legs, not at all thinking he shouldn't be here. Reiner started him off with that kind of indulgence, and it's not like the couch is anything special. Annie calls back from the kitchen: ]
Reiner and I moved out mid-May. We'd been considering it for a while, and at eighteen I don't need the same kinds of co-signers on my lease if you find the right landlord.
[ Code for: possibly the wrong landlord. Or landlady, in her case. She heads back in, canteens over her shoulder, leash likewise draped over shoulder. ]
Didn't get much unpacked except in the common areas. Not that we had much to move, anyway.
Yes, sometimes moving can really underline how little use some things get, even beyond out of season clothes. As you collect time, you end up collecting a lot of things alongside it.
[ every now and then, as she keeps reeling, rex will slap his tail against her thigh and look up at her. why did she stop petting him? dog, she can work faster with both hands.
she furrows her brows when annie returns to the room. ] But, uh. You only just turned seventeen.
[ not that kanaya doesn't know all about having to find the right landlord, she's had to keep her own household and provide for her roommates since she was fifteen. that's exactly why she's had to emancipate twice. ]
[ Annie pauses, fingers moving up the length of the leash as she looks for the clasp. ]
I did.
[ She says, cool metal coming under her fingertips. ]
Between displaced time on my world, and the ways the legal system works here, I was able to negotiate with Captain Ananke to have my paperwork redone. Now I'm eighteen.
[ Rex wiggles and huffs as he doesn't get the attention he wants, but otherwise is much politer than he used to be about this sort of thing. ]
[ well, she's not about to nuzzle him with her face, effective and tempting as it may be. but as she winds the thread across her forearm, she does ran the back of her hand against his fur during her downward passes.
but her brows raise at annie, a smile playing at her lips. ]
So, what you're telling me is that you cheated. What day was it, on your world, when you left it? Were the calendars at all equivalent?
[ she's had to convert from another calendar before, it was awful. ]
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Rex wasn't born ready, but he manages well enough by now.
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Oh, none of us is born ready, we simply have to catch up as we go along!
[ she moves further into the foyer, glancing around the corner. ]
Where is he? I want to see how big he's gotten!
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I think he has a sixth sense for when people will be suckered into petting him.
[ Because he is definitely invading Kanaya's leg-space and looking for attention as he cranes his head back, giving her a canine grin. Annie collects his leash and the dog treats and toys packed into a light bag. She heads to the kitchen to fill up water canteens while Rex plies his wiles on Kanaya. ]
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Oh, look at you. Look at you! You've gotten so big, haven't you! [ he keeps trying to lick at her, but she's not ready for dog spit on face, but luckily rubbing his ears keeps him from getting too close. she scoops him up and carries him into the living room. ] Come along, you're going to sit with me.
[ she takes a seat on the couch, letting him lay across her lap, even though he's a bit too big for it, and starts preparing her portal. is he supposed to be on the couch? she probably should have asked. ]
The house is new, I notice! [ she calls out to annie, in the other room. ]
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Reiner and I moved out mid-May. We'd been considering it for a while, and at eighteen I don't need the same kinds of co-signers on my lease if you find the right landlord.
[ Code for: possibly the wrong landlord. Or landlady, in her case. She heads back in, canteens over her shoulder, leash likewise draped over shoulder. ]
Didn't get much unpacked except in the common areas. Not that we had much to move, anyway.
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[ every now and then, as she keeps reeling, rex will slap his tail against her thigh and look up at her. why did she stop petting him? dog, she can work faster with both hands.
she furrows her brows when annie returns to the room. ] But, uh. You only just turned seventeen.
[ not that kanaya doesn't know all about having to find the right landlord, she's had to keep her own household and provide for her roommates since she was fifteen. that's exactly why she's had to emancipate twice. ]
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I did.
[ She says, cool metal coming under her fingertips. ]
Between displaced time on my world, and the ways the legal system works here, I was able to negotiate with Captain Ananke to have my paperwork redone. Now I'm eighteen.
[ Rex wiggles and huffs as he doesn't get the attention he wants, but otherwise is much politer than he used to be about this sort of thing. ]
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but her brows raise at annie, a smile playing at her lips. ]
So, what you're telling me is that you cheated. What day was it, on your world, when you left it? Were the calendars at all equivalent?
[ she's had to convert from another calendar before, it was awful. ]