>>47337348>"I think I'll get one of those 'green tea cups' you got for me.">From the living room you watched her turn on the po-Ke-cup machine and fetch her mug while it warmed up.>Ah-wait a...man. Those fingernails have got away from you.>While she gets her cup of green tea, you get your finger nail clippers and start clipping away by about the time she comes back.>Sitting across the couch from you, she sat her cup down to let it cool off just a bit before enjoying it.>Clip.>Her ears perked up.>Clip.>Clip.>She looked around for a moment.>Clip.>"Wh...what are...">You look around, thinking she heard something before returning your attention back.>Clip.>"Stop that!">You froze, midways through one nail that was just hanging by a bit. She was looking straight at you.>Uhhh...>Before you ask, you finish that last nail."Uhh. Is something...wrong?"
>She's sitting up now, "Stop! Why are you cutting your claws!?""Oh. Well...they were getting too long? Humans trim their fingernails when they get too long. You've seen me cut them before, right?"
>"I thought you were sharpening them!">Huh. You didn't expect her to be so upset with that."...Sorry, but no. They get too long and get in the way of things, so we clip them and file off any sharp edges."
>Now she just looked even more confused at the last bit.>"But...how are you going to protect us if something happens??">She thinks human fingernails are like her claws.>You start to answer her but she cuts you off first.>"...Ohhh, I see. I forgot, humans are more of a fighting type, you'd just punch them!">Well that's not the answer you were going for but ok.>You laughed it off and agreed."Yeah, these nails aren't exactly for fighting."
