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Post by quinnquinn on Jun 20, 2016 7:30:08 GMT -8
He nodded and went back to his tea. He was tempted to drink it, but it was still too hot. He looked back at Salvia as she asked about dogs this time...
"Dogs are ok." He shrugged. What about her, then? he thought. Then again she wasn't real... He didn't think much more than that, back to sniffing his fruity drink.
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jun 20, 2016 7:47:06 GMT -8
". . . Want me to put some ice in that?" [Without waiting for his answer, Salvia stood up and walked over to the freezer, pulling the ice tray out. She set it on the table between them when she returned, loosening a few.] "It'll cool down faster that way. Did you ever have pets as a kid?"
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Post by quinnquinn on Jun 20, 2016 7:57:38 GMT -8
Owen watched her fetch the ice and when she came back, he nodded. "The Father didn't allow pets." He replied. "Pets weren't allowed in church. Pets were not stray dogs. There was a stray dog."
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jun 22, 2016 10:50:58 GMT -8
"Ohhhh. That sucks." [She dunked an ice cube into her cup and took another cookie.] "A stray dog, huh. That's cool. Did you play with it?"
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Post by quinnquinn on Jun 24, 2016 7:22:21 GMT -8
Owen nodded. "Stray dogs are tidy." He smiled with his eyes and reminisced. "Stray dogs weren't allowed inside... We were allowed outside. Outside is allowed." He put his hands around his cup and tried to drink the hot liquid. He opted for two ice cubes and tossed them in, stirring it with his finger. It was a taste that wasn't nearly as strong as it smelled. "Do we have sugar?" He asked.
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jun 26, 2016 18:52:58 GMT -8
[Oh, she should probably get him a spoon. That's probably nasty.] "Yeah, right here. Hold on, lemme go grab some spoons." [She stood up and returned to the cabinets, rummaging through the drawers.] "Did you get to name the dog?"
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Post by quinnquinn on Jun 26, 2016 19:39:52 GMT -8
Owen's eyes trailed Salvia as she went to fetch the spoons. "I called him William." he shrugged and went back to smelling his tea. If only it tasted the same...
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jun 26, 2016 19:45:54 GMT -8
"William. Cool name." [Not really, but at least it was more sophisticated than what she'd name a dog. She returned with little spoons and opened up the sugar bag, gesturing to the milk as well in case anyone forgot about it.] "Take however much you need. What was William like? What dog breed? Tell me about 'im."
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Post by quinnquinn on Jun 26, 2016 19:50:25 GMT -8
At the sight of the sugar opened, Owen dug his spoon in and... took almost an endless amount of sugar. It was possible not all of it would dissolve in what tea he had in his mug. Despite that he stirred it in as much as he could, poking at the granules he could see at the bottom, hoping it would aid it mixing.
"William was..." he thought about it long and hard. It had been oh so long ago, hadn't it? "I don't know what kind of dog he was. He was a kind dog," He leaned down to sniff at his tea again.
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jul 3, 2016 13:01:44 GMT -8
[Oh. Oh god. He takes almost just as much sugar as Maxwell does. In a much different technique, yes, but . . . dude, what the actual fck. Salvia silently reminded herself to make him brush his teeth after this.] "Kind dogs are the best dogs, man. How . . . long did you have him for? The father didn't know about him, I guess?"
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Post by quinnquinn on Jul 9, 2016 6:56:46 GMT -8
Owen shook his head. "The Father didn't know." He took another sip from his tea. Yes, that was the right flavour... "I don't remember how long he didn't know." It was blurry, those times. "It was tidy while he didn't know. I know he found out later." He shrugged, pulling the blanket around his shoulders again. "Found out and kicked out..." He muttered.
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jul 21, 2016 7:32:41 GMT -8
"The . . . dog or you?" [Salvia sipped her tea and hoped she wasn't about to delve in a touchy subject to Owen.] "I mean, Iguessyoudon'thavetoanswerifyoudon'twantto."
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Post by quinnquinn on Jul 21, 2016 7:39:42 GMT -8
"Dog." Owen replied nonchalantly. "But the Father didn't need to know I still saw the dog." He looked at Salvia and gave her a split second mischievous grin. "William was a smart dog. Smart dogs know where to meet you."
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Post by stuffed-peppers on Jul 21, 2016 8:10:34 GMT -8
"That's good." [Salvia gave a small sigh in relief. She took another cookie and drank some more tea.] "When I was a kid, my brothers and I wanted a dog. But we couldn't afford one. So we pretended we had a dog. Like, an imaginary dog we played with." [She hesitated to keep going with the story. But since Bird Boy knows, she supposed it wouldn't actually matter.] "We named him Lobo--that means 'wolf' in Spanish, because we're totally creative kids, y'know--but my littlest brother, Manuelo, couldn't prounounce things right at the time. He called the dog Tolo instead. We made fun of him for that, but then we just rolled with it in the end." [She gave a small, fond smile at the dusty memory.]
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Post by quinnquinn on Jul 22, 2016 8:20:05 GMT -8
Owen's eyes seemed to smile at that story. "Tolo..." What a sweet tale behind the name. Some sentiment of old times. "Well..." He chuckled under his stony expression. "Tolo is... real... Kind of." He pointed at her and his eyes smiled again. At least Tolo isn't Cassidy, he thought to himself.
He took another sip of his tea. It had cooled down enough now for him to drink a couple of gulps. It was sugary down his throat, fragrant to his nose.
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