The tall pink creature finally came home. An excitement traveled through my kin and I like an ocean’s wave. It vocalized at us in a high-pitched voice it assumed we enjoyed. On some level, I suppose we did. It meant the creature noticed our needs…most of the time. Some days, it had to be reminded. Poor, simple creature.
It bent down and tickled Moffa behind the ears. Moffa squealed and twitched her tail several times. “Did you seriously just wipe popcorn fingers on me?” said Moffa, giving the pink ticklers a reproachful nibble. “The fight is near,” the pink thing said back. “Be angry with me.” I was certain on the point that this creature had no grasp of how language worked. It used random guttural noises with its own kind, but when it spoke to us, no one could tell why it used such strange statements. Pilaf lay down next to its feet. It reached down, tickling Pilaf’s belly. Pilaf bunny kicked happily and chirped at the creature. Pilaf said, “Don’t start a tickle fight if I’m supposed to be mad at you.” I sat on my haunches, knowing what was supposed to be next. The pink creature just stared at the lot of them like it didn’t just ask them to fight with it. “Creature!” I screamed. “I’m hungry!” Its head tilted for a moment, but then it got a knowing look in its eye and smiled. It crooned and squeaked but thank Bast it didn’t try actually saying something else in our language. The poor creature just could not seem to understand the nuance of sound and inflection. Syntax, diction and punctuation. It reached in a cabinet, bringing down five bowls, which it filled with our dinner. I am unsure how it caught these meals, for it never seemed to hunt. Or, at least, it never seemed to hunt well. We kept trying to teach it that skill, for we were unsure how it had survived so long. It arranged the filled bowls around the room, and my siblings and I each chose a bowl to eat from. It was a good meal, despite not being able to feel when it made the change from prey to food.
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