https://archive.palanq.win/bant/thread/20845415/#20933384Coco watches as this strange woman tenderly handles the rat. During her younger years in Dublin, she had observed as Nikki gleefully watched a cat toy with a rat before killing the rodent, and had assumed it was normal not to care for their wellbeing. But Cactus cares for this creature? And Coco just kicked it. Which means…
There’s a loud shriek and an enraged Cactus lunges toward Coco. She backs up, trying to keep out of Cactus’ reach. “Wait, wait, I thought humans despised rats!” Coco shouts.
Cactus’ advance continues unabated. “Halt, smelly vagrant, Coco the almighty demands it! I don’t want to fight you! I merely wished to make a friend of my own! And you hate Cassie, do you not? This makes us natural alli-”
As she backs away, Coco trips on a toolbox that had been left on the floor, and tumbles back into a shelf stacked all the way up to the roof. There is a creak, and a crate begins to fall.
