"I'M BATMAN" "No... no you are not."
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A large metal bowl scraped across the servant's courtyard, a tiny black nose poking out from beneath it.
Jade flicked an ear upwards as she watched bowl creeping around in aimless circles before ambling over and flipping the bowl onto its side.
"Noooooo!"
Lyra squealed and began bouncing in and out around Jade's paws.
"He-ey," Jade took a step back and swept up the tiny fox in her arms "What's wrong?"
Lyra stuck her trembling lower lip out as she stared at Jade, the very beginnings of angry tears welling up in her eyes.
"You killed the turtle!"
Jade looked down quickly at her feet, expecting to see a crushed reptile flailing on its back. But there was only the bowl.
"Wait," Jade set her down, then crouched to come to her eye level "Are you the turtle?"
Sniffling slightly, Lyra nodded.
"Ohh," Jade grinned, while silently breathing out a sigh of relief "Okay. I'm sorry."
"Can I be the turtle again now?"
"Of course."
Lyra crouched into a fluffy ball and Jade flipped the bowl back over her.
"Is that better, turtle?"
Lyra made an odd squeaking noise that she probably imagined sounded exactly like whatever a turtle sounded like.
"Okay," Jade watched her scuttle off towards the stairs "Have fun."
A metallic scraping caught Freeta's ears while she was working in the infirmary, it rasped down the hall closer to her, then into the room with her.
Freeta turned and stared down at the metal bowl, with just a nose stuck out in front of it.
"Lyra, what are you doing?"
There was a giggle.
"Turtle."
"What?" Freeta walked over to the bowl and tried to tip it over, but tiny fingers grasped the edges and prevented her from overturning it.
"Lyra, let go. What are you doing?"
"Tuuuurtle!"
Freeta managed to get a grip on the rim of the bowl and it rocked over onto it's back, leaving Lyra flailing around like an animated dust bunny.
"Lyra!" Freeta scooped her granddaughter out of the bowl "What on earth are you doing?"
"I'm turtle," Lyra wriggled out of Freeta's grip "Let turtle go."
"No, we're not going to play turtle."
"Why?"
Freeta picked her back up and sat her on the counter "Because the scraping the bowl on the floor drives me crazy."
"Play outside!"
Freeta glanced over at the bowl "Alright. For a little while. But play outside!"
Dinner had passed and Lionel was walking through the open air halls when a scratching around the corner caught his ears.
Coming around he found a large bowl repeatedly bonking gently into the wall.
"My salad bowl?"
He knelt down and lifted the bowl over, revealing Lyra, who stared up at him.
"What are you doing, Lyra?"
"Turtle!"
She snatched the edge of the bowl and tried to pull it back over on herself, but Lionel gripped it.
"What turtle?"
"Me!"
"Ooohh," He chuckled "I see."
"Can I be the turtle now?"
"No," Freeta trotted around the corner "It's time for bed, Lyra."
"NNNOOOO!!!!"
Lyra jumped away from her grandmother, but Lionel caught her mid leap.
"I'm a tuuuuuurrtle."
"No. No, Lyra, no you are not," Freeta scowled "You are a fox with a bedtime, come on."
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A large metal bowl scraped across the servant's courtyard, a tiny black nose poking out from beneath it.
Jade flicked an ear upwards as she watched bowl creeping around in aimless circles before ambling over and flipping the bowl onto its side.
"Noooooo!"
Lyra squealed and began bouncing in and out around Jade's paws.
"He-ey," Jade took a step back and swept up the tiny fox in her arms "What's wrong?"
Lyra stuck her trembling lower lip out as she stared at Jade, the very beginnings of angry tears welling up in her eyes.
"You killed the turtle!"
Jade looked down quickly at her feet, expecting to see a crushed reptile flailing on its back. But there was only the bowl.
"Wait," Jade set her down, then crouched to come to her eye level "Are you the turtle?"
Sniffling slightly, Lyra nodded.
"Ohh," Jade grinned, while silently breathing out a sigh of relief "Okay. I'm sorry."
"Can I be the turtle again now?"
"Of course."
Lyra crouched into a fluffy ball and Jade flipped the bowl back over her.
"Is that better, turtle?"
Lyra made an odd squeaking noise that she probably imagined sounded exactly like whatever a turtle sounded like.
"Okay," Jade watched her scuttle off towards the stairs "Have fun."
A metallic scraping caught Freeta's ears while she was working in the infirmary, it rasped down the hall closer to her, then into the room with her.
Freeta turned and stared down at the metal bowl, with just a nose stuck out in front of it.
"Lyra, what are you doing?"
There was a giggle.
"Turtle."
"What?" Freeta walked over to the bowl and tried to tip it over, but tiny fingers grasped the edges and prevented her from overturning it.
"Lyra, let go. What are you doing?"
"Tuuuurtle!"
Freeta managed to get a grip on the rim of the bowl and it rocked over onto it's back, leaving Lyra flailing around like an animated dust bunny.
"Lyra!" Freeta scooped her granddaughter out of the bowl "What on earth are you doing?"
"I'm turtle," Lyra wriggled out of Freeta's grip "Let turtle go."
"No, we're not going to play turtle."
"Why?"
Freeta picked her back up and sat her on the counter "Because the scraping the bowl on the floor drives me crazy."
"Play outside!"
Freeta glanced over at the bowl "Alright. For a little while. But play outside!"
Dinner had passed and Lionel was walking through the open air halls when a scratching around the corner caught his ears.
Coming around he found a large bowl repeatedly bonking gently into the wall.
"My salad bowl?"
He knelt down and lifted the bowl over, revealing Lyra, who stared up at him.
"What are you doing, Lyra?"
"Turtle!"
She snatched the edge of the bowl and tried to pull it back over on herself, but Lionel gripped it.
"What turtle?"
"Me!"
"Ooohh," He chuckled "I see."
"Can I be the turtle now?"
"No," Freeta trotted around the corner "It's time for bed, Lyra."
"NNNOOOO!!!!"
Lyra jumped away from her grandmother, but Lionel caught her mid leap.
"I'm a tuuuuuurrtle."
"No. No, Lyra, no you are not," Freeta scowled "You are a fox with a bedtime, come on."