mmm, pancakes

[pandion]

Andi is up first again the next morning. She pads downstairs.

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[aeskhyne]

"Sure," says Trouble. "I wanna save some for everybody else, though, so I'm not gonna keep feeding them to you until I run out."

He makes some more pancakes.

[morphbox]

Ax's morphed human instincts must be driving the generation of facial expressions. He looks truly pathetic when he says, "How many? Men-nee?"

[aeskhyne]

"How about..." he looks at the remaining volume of batter and makes a calculation, "three more, and then I'll wait until everybody else has eaten and give you what's left?"

[morphbox]

"Three," says Ax. "Thhhhrrrrrreeee." He sighs.

[pandion]

"Aw, poor Ax."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, I know. But we've got a lot of people to feed here."

[pandion]

"I wish one of us besides Charlie could drive, we could go get groceries. Maybe if I successfully miss Mom calling today I can call one of Dad's friends and get a ride."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, 'cause otherwise I'm gonna have to go kill a deer or something pretty soon."

[pandion]

"Would you even know what to do with a dead deer?"

[aeskhyne]

"I'm sure I could figure it out."

[pandion]

"Inconspicuously?"

[aeskhyne]

"Mmm... depends where."

[pandion]

"You'd have to get it to the house, to cook it."

[aeskhyne]

"Yeah, probably. Or do some serious experimenting off in the middle of the woods somewhere. But the deer'd still have to come back eventually, I guess."

[pandion]

"Yeah."

[morphbox]

"What is a deer? Deeeeeeeeeeer?"

[aeskhyne]

"Four-legged herbivore with hooves."

[morphbox]

Ax looks alarmed.

[aeskhyne]

Trouble hands him a plate of pancakes.

[morphbox]

This is a very effective distraction!

[pandion]

[instar]

Bella comes down the stairs.

[aeskhyne]

"Morning, Bella!" says Trouble. "There's pancakes."

[instar]

"Are there now. Ax sure seems to approve."

[morphbox]

<Pancakes!>