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Comments

[makesascene]

but Donathan,,,

she would live with all of us, so also a "we" cat.

[soft_shelled]

Ah, but who would be in charge of the care of this cat, hm?

[makesascene]

Me, obvs, but c'mon, Dee!! You're helping by being around and being nice to the cat.

[soft_shelled]

Fine.

Hypatia, that's a good name.

[makesascene]

Humor me, what does that mean?

[soft_shelled]

It's the name of a female mathematician, Leo.

[A nerd name.]

[makesascene]

I'll add it to the list.


ok tho, what if we taught the cat math

[soft_shelled]

I don't think you can teach a cat math.

[makesascene]

You dunno if you can teach a cat math! They can recognize themselves in a mirror, so they're smart.

[soft_shelled]

I know you can teach them to talk, by pressing certain buttons that have words or phrases associated with them, so yeah I know they're smart.

[makesascene]

THUS, we can math a cat! Simple!

[soft_shelled]

I think teaching a cat math might be harder than teaching them word buttons.

[makesascene]

I mean, if you're not up for the challenge, that's fine, Dee. I could always ask around see if someone else is interested.

[soft_shelled]

[Wow. Wow, he knows what you're doing Leo and yet...]

You know no one else would be willing to do it, Leo.

[makesascene]

I'm sure I could find someone, Dee. Plenty of big brain people out here. Maybe they'd be up to the challenge of teaching a cat math.

[soft_shelled]

I'm not going to let some stranger come around and teach our cat math.

[makesascene]

I mean, if you're not up to the task bro, I would have to go searching for someone who is.

[soft_shelled]

Or you could stop this right now, because you know it's going to end with me teaching the cat math.

[makesascene]

C'mon, Dee, you know it wouldn't be a bad thing!

[soft_shelled]

Of course, it'd at least make the cat smarter than you.

[makesascene]

[He was just trying to have fun, but this grates him in a way he can't articulate. The topic isn't even serious.

But... Neither Donnie or Bucky really care about getting a cat. They don't care about how fun it will be.

They're agreeing to just appease him.

'Sure, have a cat, and shut up'.]

Yeah. Sure.

I'll stop trying to convince you. Wouldn't want the cat to out do me.

[soft_shelled]

[And Donnie over here unaware he hurt Leo's feelings.]

Considering I already said yes, you don't need to convince me anymore, Leo.

[makesascene]

[Leo just settles on a private sulk, since clearly, Donnie doesn't even want to talk to him anymore. He just thinks everything Leo says is stupid anyway.]

yeah, yeah, fine.

[soft_shelled]

[Okay the short replies from Leo kind clock him in that something is wrong so...]

Okay what did I do now?

[makesascene]

[He would love, love, love to just disappear from the conversation to sulk in private and then bounce back. That's how it usually goes.

But he promised he'd do better, and he hates that so hard right now.]

I'd like it if you cared about something I was excited about, but it's fine. You don't. I can deal with that.