>>46986603>”Spice things up around here.”>You chuckled at the suggestion.“God knows you could engineer some chaos around here.”
>Zoroark took interest in the random assortment of decorations on your office desk.>”What are you even doing here?”“Weren’t you watching me all day?”
>”Yeah, but I can’t exactly read all those words.” She said, pointing at the computer.>”I don’t know what half of them mean.”>You nodded your head in understanding.”Anything and everything.”
”I help maintenance, make sure they’ve got all the tools and cleaning supplies they need.”
“I handle some customer complaints.”
“People like me, so they come to me with their problems.”
“You saw me handle yet another spat between those two jokers.”
“I help IT, I help with hiring, I…”
“I do a lot of things. No workday’s the same, I guess.”
>Zoroark remained silent.“Probably not what you expected, but I’m part of the human system.”
>You shrugged your shoulders.“Not always thrilling, but it pays well.”
>And you knew you didn’t need to explain money to her.>Zoroark spent enough time hidden around humans to understand money could be traded for goods.>The fox-girl sighed, folded her arms on your desk, and rested her head on them.>”I dunno how you do it…”>You pet her head, running your hands through her silky red hair.“You.”
>That perked her mood up.“Honestly, I don’t think I would’ve tried so hard if you weren’t around.”
>For a minute you continued rubbing her, stroking her ears and reaching beneath her chin to tickle her throat.>”Are you done at your usual time?”“Mmm hmm…”
>You glanced at the clock on your computer.>Two hours.>Long time for her to be bored…