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[shiitan]

From: Ross
Posted: 18 October 2016

what's the best way to get a cat to stop following you around

it won't go even though i'm ignoring it

[...It probably didn't help that he had never spent that much time around cats, even when he was alive.]

Comments

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Both of those sound about right, yes.

[shiitan]

[And that was why neither Ross nor Hakkai should ever be allowed to name anything.]

then it's settled. don't think the cat is going to care much about what I call it though

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[At least the cat won't be offended. Probably.]

Cats can learn to come when called! Mine have. Even the ones who can't talk.

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hold on. are you saying you have cats that can talk and cats that can't talk

[He honestly wasn't sure how seriously to take that.]

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The cat that can talk came with Chikusa.

So, yes.

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alright

now that I know that i won't complain about this one following me

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It could always be worse.

[shiitan]

it will be now that you've gone and said that

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Oh, I don't believe in jinxes.

Things usually turn out badly enough without needing them!

[shiitan]

you're not wrong about that

[Though the reason why he agreed so readily was more deeply rooted than he realized.]

you've reminded me that i need to figure out where the cat can go when i'm not here anymore

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If I'm still around then, my temple does have room.

There's always your god, too.

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[There was a considerable delay before he answered.]

you're still going to offer to help me?

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[Ah, this just got a little awkward. Still...]

I don't have any reason not to.

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that's good

because if those are my only two choices i'm not picking the guy who's a book

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A book.

Really?

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really

it's easy to annoy him too

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How can you tell if a book is annoyed?

[It sounds like the beginning of a corny joke....]

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if you really want to know that i could put him on the shelves at the school library

[And that, in Ross' mind anyway, would be better than any punchline that matched with that corny joke.]

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What would he be shelved under?

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humor

fantasy works too

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Ah, I see you've moved to better genres!

[His previous god might have been shelved, for instance, under "horror."]

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i'm thinking about what genres to move to next

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Comedy doesn't suit you? That's a shame.

There's a whole library available, though...

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no it does. but cross-genre appeal is important

have any suggestions

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Are you really seeking new reading material? Or looking to make some edits to the current text?