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[majestic_keiki]

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[Following a certain conversation with Kagura a while ago, Kei could regularly be found doing what appeared to be studying various subjects on her own from an assortment of textbooks, spending a lot of her free time on it. And today she can be found handing over a thick envelope over to the mail staff at Fort Alhambra, moving with uncharacteristic confidence.]

I guess I'll see if the Major was right.

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[A short while later, she's heading towards her room carrying some sweets and a cup of tea and all that confidence has vanished.]

Hopefully they'll take it seriously and not just use me as a mascot or trophy and try to fix things like they do for athletes.

Comments

[dignity_kept]

Those smell good. Give me one of them. I would like to try them.

[There's a ladylike voice near your feet, Kei. And its owner, a large white cat with rather striking amber eyes, is looking at some of your sweets very intently.]

[majestic_keiki]

I didn't know cats liked sweets. [She still opens her bag of skittles to toss a few to the cat.]

[dignity_kept]

[Amber bats at the skittles curiously for a few seconds before lapping them up and eating them. She seems satisfied. As much as a cat can look satisfied, anyway.]

These are good. Where did you get them? How could I get more?

[The cat moves closer. She's not as fluffy as Skald, but it's still nice as she slithers around Kei's legs. Then she looks up, though]

You're worried. Are there no more of these left? [As animals usually do, Amber can tell when someone is sad or worried. As cats usually do, though, she's not the most empathic creature about it]

[majestic_keiki]

You'd have to pay and the only place to get them on base is a vending machine that wasn't made for cats.

[No immediate comment on Amber's perception, if she doesn't care, why should Kei tell her?]

[dignity_kept]

[Amber looks confused as only a cat can]

Pay? What is pay?

[This is a millenia old cat that hails from a weird magical utopia, Kei. She's not clear on the concept of vending machines.]

[majestic_keiki]

Giving people money in exchange for doing things for you. Or in this case, putting coins in the machine.