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Not wanting to interfere with their meeting, A sipped his drink, and gave Einstein a scritch behind the ears, not wanting him to feel left out.

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At least you believe magic's real. Hey! he said as Schrodinger pounced. I'm gonna get you! And he gave chase.

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Rory couldn't help laughing. "Trust me, it's not the weirdest thing I've had to believe lately."

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"If you can't cope with weird, you will have a difficult time here," A said, watching Schrodinger and Wishbone play. "And some of the weird things here are good things."

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Wishbone laughed as they play-tussled. I feel bouncy again, A! he said, closing his eyes as he stretched.

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"And it's amazing how much it turns out you can cope with, when you have to," Rory said, still smiling as he watched the cats.

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"Sometimes," A said quietly, determinedly not touching his throat, and turned his attention on Schrodinger and Wishbone scampering. "I warned you it was stronger," he called to Wishbone, his smile returning.

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Lookit lookit lookit! A bit shakily, since he was unused to balancing in a cat body, Wishbone jumped onto the railing. Yay, I did it!

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Rory mentally kicked himself again. "...yeah," he said, quietly. "Sometimes."

He gave Wishbone a thumbs-up sign as he balanced on the railing. "Nice one."

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Seeing Wishbone try to balance with cat-like grace while under the influence of strong catnip made A laugh, perhaps a little more than it might have merited if he'd only had the apricot-satsuma cookies.

"Be careful," he said fondly. "Do you need help keeping your balance?"

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Err... well, he was swaying a bit. I suddenly don't like this as much. Laps are sturdier.

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"Need a hand getting down?" Rory asked, shifting slightly to stand up if Wishbone said yes. He didn't think it was likely that a cat would get seriously hurt falling from that height, even a temporary cat, but better safe than sorry.

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A didn't bother waiting for a reply, walking to the railing and holding out his arms for Wishbone to clamber onto.

"Perhaps you should follow Einstein's example, and just relax. When Schrodinger has worn herself out, I'm sure she will join you, and you can nap together."

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Okay, Wishbone said, climbing into A's arms and nuzzling him. Mmmm, so soft.

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"You've got a theme going with the names, then," Rory commented, since he hadn't heard Einstein's till now.

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"Ryuuzaki named them," A told him, returning to his seat and scritching Wishbone behind his ears and under his chin. "He gave them to me, when I was new here and they were small kittens. I kept to tradition somewhat, though, when the mangosteen grove arrived. The flying squirrel I adopted is Bernoulli."

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Joe named me! Wishbone said as he settled into A's lap. It was cause he wished for a dog on a wishbone, and then I came!

The mun totally made that up.

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"It's a good name," Rory told him. "So you're a dog normally? I thought that might be it." ...He'd really just said the sentence 'so you're a dog normally', hadn't he? Yes, he had. Just go with it.

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Still scratching behind Wishbone's ears, A looked at Rory thoughtfully. "That's a good deduction," he said. "What made you think it?"

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Yessss... Wishbone said, eyes closed in bliss. I tried that spell that turns animals into other animals on myself.

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Rory shrugged. "I wasn't sure about it, I just thought Wishbone sounds like a dog name. With the 'bone' part."

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"That makes sense. I hadn't thought of it from that angle, but it's a reasonable line of conjecture."

That was when Schrodinger scampered over, mewing. She wanted some lap and petting action, too!

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My lap, Wishbone said, settling down to sleep. Find your own. He nuzzled against A's leg as he started to fall asleep.

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The other possibility had been a chicken with a rather cruel owner, but he didn't like to say that in front of Wishbone.

"You can have mine if you want," he told Schrodinger, reaching to pick her up if she'd let him. "So, there's a spell for turning into other animals? Is this one of those things where we've got to be careful about eating the food?" That had been bothering him, although so far nothing he'd eaten had had ill effects.

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