i'm sure there ain't heaven but i still like to picture her there

“You and everyone else in my life” she crabbed back, but her own voice softened. She could hear it echoing about the small space when she shouted, so she knew there really wasn’t any need to raise her voice. Even if it did feel good to do so. “Where else would you stick a fishing hut?” Snark still there in her voice, but a hint of curiosity too.

She heard Dread moving about the hut, and with a stubborn streak a mile wide she got back to her paws and bumped around until she found his shoulder. Raising a paw she found where his mouth was and grabbed it so she could ‘help’ tidy up. By the sounds of things he was sticking this heavy object onto the wall somewhere. Easy peasy, right? She groped about on the wall, and when she released whatever she was carrying she heard the dull thump of it hitting the floor below. Oh well. She groped around for it again, trying to look subtle about it. “Lioness wanted fish, so she led me out here.” Kite explained. In fact, where was her cat? Had she already found the source of the fish-smell and gone for it?

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