clipped off, pull the branches in

[undeaths]

[ empty houses are more fun than full ones, sometimes, especially when the full houses in question are occupied by a population predominantly made up of children. (children like to pull on cats' tails, and drag them about.)

so shijima is wearing miharu's clothes; they're rumpled and too boyish for her, but they fit well enough. she crouches on the crumbling concrete floor, watching a mouse scurry back and forth on the floor between half of a melon bread and its home in the wall. ]

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[liferuining]

[ ok, you weirdo, ok. ]

Because there's enough of them.

[undeaths]

More than enough, if you want to eat them.

[ she keeps one hand on strawberry, but sprawls out across the floor to stare at the mousehole. ]

I don't.

[liferuining]

What do you want?

[undeaths]

Not mice! [ still, poking a finger into the mousehole. ] Nn, but, I do want something.

[liferuining]

[ hmmm. ]

Find a rat.

[undeaths]

Some people like rats more, I think. Because they're supposed to be smarter.

[ still poking. ]

[liferuining]

But they aren't as cute.

[undeaths]

[ sidelong look. ]

You'd know.

Besides, there aren't any rats here.

[liferuining]

Too bad. They're meatier. So what do you want?

[undeaths]

Ahh, what do other people want?

[liferuining]

[ stretches and lays on the ground. ]

What's it matter?