[Kitty]


    She had been so excited to show the creature to its new home in the garden.


    It took a long time to realize that Moose had other plans.


    When Moose had been looking over the creature she had been watching closely. If she was going to be a moose one day she may need to know this. Though to her it seemed like Moose was just prodding the creature all over, so she had no idea what was happening.


    It did become clear that Moose didn’t like the covering that the creature was in. She didn’t know if it was because some of it was wet or if it was because it smelled bad, but she actually agreed with Moose. Normally she wouldn’t take notice, but the smell was stinging her nose. The creature would need to visit the rain room just to remove the smell of its covering at this point. She could just help get rid of the covering for now.


    She had learned how good the rain room was at removing smells when she had found a place with very bad smells in it. Moose had taken her to the rain room after that and used the slow water, which he named soap, and the smells had disappeared. She had thought the rain just felt good, now she understood there was a lot of magic there as well.


    She would still follow Moose for now though, she didn’t know everything she needed in order to bring in a new creature.


    Once she had tossed the covering back into the long tunnel and returned, she found the creature wrapped around its tail. Moose came back with more smelly stuff and rubbed it all over the creature.


    ‘If he wanted the smell to change, why take the covering?’


    She was very confused now.


    It didn’t matter. There were many things she didn’t understand yet. She assured herself she would in time, but for now it was best to just watch and copy. She could learn the why after she was strong enough to not care.


    “Find. Blanket.”


    Hmm, did Moose want to carry the creature in a blanket? Why not just let the creature walk?


    Though as she went to fetch the blanket, she reasoned that the creature had fallen over after a few steps, perhaps carrying would be the smarter choice. It would take less time. When she handed the blanket to Moose and watched the creature be covered in it, she thought they would go to the garden then.


    But Moose didn’t.


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    He left the room. She lingered a bit, trying to puzzle out the use of this new creature, but gave up and padded after Moose. It seemed he didn’t need any more creatures though, as he had closed the wall to the long tunnel. Curious. She wondered how Moose knew the other creatures weren’t in danger and wouldn’t come.


    ‘It has to be some kind of magic.’


    She felt she had learned a lot of words, but Moose always seemed to have more.


    Moose seemed to stare and contemplate the wall for a bit, but it didn’t take very long for her belly to complain. She didn’t know why. She should feel the pull on her eyes instead, they had been up much longer than she preferred. She doubted that Moose would notice the extra time though, he never did sleep as much. Still, she would not face the wrath of her belly.


    “Moose. Food.”


    He turned and looked at her for a bit.


    “Yes.”


    Moose had never answered that with words before. Strange.


    Even stranger, Moose returned to the room with the creature instead of heading towards the food place. They weren’t going to eat the creature, right? She wasn’t sure she was moose enough for that.


    “Kitty. Follow.”


    She tilted her head at him. She was following, why would he tell her to follow more?


    It took a couple more repeats and a lot of hand motion for her to understand Moose wanted her to tell the creature to follow.


    ‘So the creature can walk?’


    “You. Follow.”


    She pointed as well, to make sure the creature understood. The creature pushed back the blanket, which made her feel conflicted. She was glad she was understood, but then why did she get that blanket? Her belly grumbled again and she sniffed. Food was more important anyways. Once she was sure the creature could stand on its own, she looked back at Moose. He seemed to be deciding something, his head tilting back and forth. She hoped whatever it was was quick. She just wanted some disks.


    He sighed and started his lumbering pace out of the room and hopefully to the food place. She happily padded after him. A quick glance showed that the creature was keeping up, but it didn’t look like it was easy. With how small it was that made sense.


    After an agonizingly slow walk back to the food place, Moose satisfied her with some disks and even made one for the creature. It seemed that Moose was also tired of all the smells, because he went to the rain room next. A little confusion and a lot of gestures later and she figured out it was her turn to teach about the rubbing. She made sure to point at everything just in case.


    “Rain. Slow water. Rub. Lots”


    Alongside her words she gave a demonstration, using Moose as much as possible. Mostly for his hands. Though the creature seemed to instinctively know what to do.


    Was she weird?


    Why hadn’t she known how to use the rain room until she was taught by Moose?


    Difficult questions with Moose’s fingers working magic.


    After the storm dried them off, she got tired of waiting for Moose and went ahead to the lair. She doubted she needed to be involved in anything else for now. It seemed she had been understood too well though, as the creature continued to follow her. It seemed out of breath as well. An effect of the magic Moose used maybe?


    She could figure it out after she woke up.


    “Moose lair. Dark good, sleep. Quiet place.”


    It was best to make sure the creature knew not to make a lot of noise here. She didn’t want Moose, or even herself to get woken up. When she got into the nest and smothered herself in blankets, she felt the nest move slightly. Looking out she saw the creature curled up at the edge.


    ‘I should tell it to not follow when I get up. That could get annoying.’