Tera: "Hey Pyroar, I'm back from... Oh. Umm... I can come back la-"

Pyroar: "Don't be silly, come over. I'll bet you'd love to watch."

Tera: "Well, I... Umm..." (scoots closer) "Oh."

Pyroar: "What did you think I was doing?"

Tera: "Err... Umm... Something I... Should have known you can't have been doing." (head tilts) "When did we get an Eevee?"

Pyroar: "He's Jade's. He still hasn't decided what he wants to be when he grows up, but he knows he doesn't want to be an eeveelution we already have." (ruffles his head fur) "And since there are more humans living at the Lab than the Lighthouse now, he's going to stay here so he doesn't accidentally become our second Espeon or Umbreon."

Tera: "Ah." (sits down behind them) "Hey Nickit. Remember me?"

Nickit: "Kit!"

Tera: (pause) "Still looking after your big sister for us?"

Vulpix: (nods) "Vul."

Nickit: (nods) "Kit."

Tera: ". . . . ."

Pyroar: "They're both still pretty young. At least by fox standards."

Tera: "Mm. True." (looks down) "Umm... What are you watching?"

Pyroar: (shrugs) "Dunno. I think it's a video game. I was looking for videos from that alternate dimension where only humans are sentient and they think Pokemon is just a media franchise, but... Well, you know what browsing social media can be like. You go looking for one thing, see something that makes you go 'What is that?' and the next thing you know your whole day is gone."

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Pokemon, Pyroar, Vulpix, Eevee, and Nickit are © Game Freak / Nintendo.

Slime Rancher is © Monomi Park.

Original artwork by  Cotton Candy Bumble Bee. Please favorite the original here