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Uh...guys? I feel like I've missed something here. Why is there a... [Finn is staring at something that's off screen, eyebrows scrunched in confusion.

Hurriedly:] I don't know what it is. [/end hurried tone] It looks like that dog thing kind of? But it's long and it won't let me in the stables. [It's also tiny but Finn isn't going to blurt that out on the network for everyone to hear.

But you can tell he has a new outfit on, and he looks a little beat up and sooty muddy, thanks to this. The long thing? A ferret.]

Did the gods do something with animals again? [Rubbing at his face, speaking softly now:] First a dog tackles and sits on me, now this wiggly thing. [He's...tired. Already.] I just wanted to check on my horse. [Louder, directed back at the feed now:] There's not door guards now, right?

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[thequitecontrary]

[ Mary squints at the image on her bracelet hologram screen. ]

It... looks like some sort of weasel. Or mink. [ It could make a nice stole, but maybe she won't mention that. ] It won't let you pass?

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[He totally hadn't meant to share the image of it but he's not really good at the camera stuff.]

So then it's not a kind of dog? [Frowning at it.] Every time I try it either tries to climb up my leg or bite me.

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[thequitecontrary]

No. They can be territorial, I think, or so I recall from hunting. Perhaps it wants something? I've heard that others have encountered animals here lately that pester people until they get what they want.

[ Asgard has an odd relationship with animals. Either the Wanderers are turning into them, the natives are killing them or the pets are making strange demands. ]

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It wants to keep me out of the stable, I'm sure. [Finn is making such a stink-face at this thing.]

The only thing I have food wise is an apple, and that's already spoken for. [Tell him about it. He's suffered the first two already.]

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[thequitecontrary]

I'm not sure what a mink would want... I suppose it's not speaking, is it? [ That'd be too easy, wouldn't it? ] I can ride down if you'd like. Perhaps I can find a dog to help chase it away.

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... [Don't mind him. Attempting to listen to the ferret. And then talking to it:] You don't understand me, do you?

[And off camera she continues to do her hissy bouncing fit as if she didn't understand a thing.]

No.. I had a different wiggling thing respond to me a few months ago. I don't think it's a person. [Moving the camera to the dog behind him.] And he's no aid. [Doggo is panting happily.]

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[thequitecontrary]

I don't think it's a person. A lot of these sort of domestic animals have appeared lately and many of them seem to want something. Of course, none of us speaks mink, as far as I know. [ Or maybe someone did. There were a lot of strange people here. ]

[ She smiles and gives a little laugh at the dog. ] You'd need a hound. There might be one around, but it would probably be easier for me to ride down. Shall I come?

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[Last time it was a snake too. Totally different wiggle-worm.] So you're telling me this thing is domesticated? Is it angry at me then? [Why wiggle-worm keeping him in the rain? D:]

I mean, you don't have to? [aka, he doesn't want anyone to get wet on his account.] But if you think you'll be able to get rid of her.

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[thequitecontrary]

Perhaps? I've never known anyone to keep a mink before, but I've seen stranger things here.

I'm out riding anyway. [ Basically, she's already wet, so it's no big deal. ] I'll be there shortly. Let's see how it reacts to an eight-legged horse.

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I guess...they'd be good for hunting something in holes? [It kinda makes sense in his head. But Finn's home isn't at all normal.

He's not sure how scared she'll be of it, honestly, given she's in the doorway of that stable.] ...Maybe you think she's trying to protect me then if she is? [?????]