[SIMON PLEASE, luckily rang is distracted with avoiding puppies to realize that simon is no longer afraid of this possible murderer hanging around his space,]
They should just let them go so that they live on their own.
[okay rang...... though the vibe here is less indignant animal rights activist and more.... let them be whatever they want to be in this cold hard earth,
he watches simon pet a puppy and take no joy from it,]
Mm, tigers, maybe? The one we have has been in the circus for most of his life, so he's pretty predictable, but he can still be stubborn sometimes. And it's easy for things to go wrong in really big ways with strong animals like that, even by accident.
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They should just let them go so that they live on their own.
[okay rang...... though the vibe here is less indignant animal rights activist and more.... let them be whatever they want to be in this cold hard earth,
he watches simon pet a puppy and take no joy from it,]
Not a dog person?
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[ there's a flash of annoyance that quickly gets tamped down by what might seem like a forced calm. ]
No, I like them. They're like, super easy to train compared to most other animals, so they're always pretty nice to work with.
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Right, you're an animal tamer. [he watches simon for a moment, then] Which animals are the hardest to work with?
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Mm, tigers, maybe? The one we have has been in the circus for most of his life, so he's pretty predictable, but he can still be stubborn sometimes. And it's easy for things to go wrong in really big ways with strong animals like that, even by accident.
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[he doesn't do the air quotes around family but the vibes are definitely there]
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