catch-all ( to distract our hearts from ever missing them )

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WHO: Cadel Greeniaus and a few other people. If you'd like a thread start, let me know!
WHERE: Various places.
WHEN: Various times.
WHAT: Various things. No, okay, it's a catch all, you get the point.
WARNINGS: None except for Cadel's sad life.

Starts below.

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[Cadel gathers his stuff, gets to his feet, and finishes off his tea to toss the empty cup away as they go out the door.

He can't help a curious glance.] Did he come with you or did you get him here? [He hadn't heard yet that the Porter brought animals through sometimes as well.]

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[It's a question he receives often. Ken's ready with an answer, not even missing a beat while gathering his belongings too.] He came with me. He lived in the same dorm building as me before we came here, and he's been staying with me in Nonah since.

I know one more person who has a animal that definitely came from his world with him, but it doesn't sound like it's a thing that happens often.

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[That raises some questions about the selection algorithm Lachesis uses, but Cadel knows it's useless to speculate. It's no replacement for hard information.]

You're lucky, [he comments, not enviously or unkindly.] I didn't have anything familiar when I showed up at all. [He may have panicked. Maybe.]

[orangehoodie]

[He won't hide his grin.]

Koromaru helped me in more ways than I can say, when I got here. I think I was lucky, too.

Do you want to hold his leash a bit? I promise he won't pull on it.

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[Cadel likes seeing someone appreciate the things that went right for them. Too many of his age mates seem to just complain endlessly, about problems Cadel would love to have, instead of the ones he does. It makes it extremely hard to relate. This is easier.

After a moment's hesitation he mentally shrugs and says,] Why not? [Momentarily stopping to transfer the leash over. Cadel isn't nervous, just unfamiliar, but he looks at Koromaru with interested eyes. He doesn't think he'd ever get a pet himself, but he's starting to see the appeal.]

He's really well behaved. [He's definitely seen plenty of badly behaved dogs to recognize a good one. And oh look, they're coming up on the park already.]

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[Ken is a pessimist at heart, and while it did hold him back sometimes and he tended to focus more on the things he lost and could lose, he tried not to look away from the things that did turn out well for him. Koromaru's company here was definitely one of them. He walks along beside Cadel, not worried at all that Koromaru would do anything to startle him.]

He is. He used to live on the shrine grounds near our dormitory, and people liked to play with him all the time. I've never heard of him ever causing trouble. He's very smart.