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[dousedflame]

...A medicine Twoleg?

[That definitely isn't a cat name, that's for sure. She's familiar with the work of a medicine cat - as much as one can be without being one - but she can't imagine what sort of strange medicine a Twoleg would use.]

What other things do you do here?

[She's not planning to need medical attention, but she'll keep it in mind anyway.]

[thewarningafter]

Sure. Yeah. I do have two legs.

[Not going to argue with her terminology.]

Here? I try to help where I can. Work on getting us out of here, make sure people have warm clothes....

[His shrug is all but audible. Here, of course, deliberately excludes what he used to do back home. He's not sure, though, whether she's a cat in the sense that the Cat is a cat, or if he's dealing with another kind of cat entirely. Hard to say how she'd react to claims of magic use and he's making an effort to start out on the right foot.]

[dousedflame]

Clothes? [Warm... people... oh. He must mean Twoleg pelts. She wrinkles her nose.] Is it always so cold here? Surely leafbare must end eventually...

[She hesitates for a moment before asking her next question.]

There's no prey-smell here. What do Twolegs do for food?

[thewarningafter]

[Leafbare. That's adorable. It's probably good that she can't see Stephen smiling every time she uses a cat word like that.]

Ah, right, that. There isn't anything living here that isn't us. No animals, no plants, no anything. It's...there's a kind of poison that was brought here a long time ago. We're safe enough from it now, but it means the only food is what we find in certain buildings here. Is there a bag somewhere near where you woke up?

[dousedflame]

What's a bag?

[She has been looking for some sort of container... she doubts she can carry everything she'll be needing in her mouth alone. But the word 'bag' isn't something that she can think of a meaning for.]

...Will the snow melt, or is it going to stay?

[thewarningafter]

The snow's been here longer than I have -- it's been a couple months. I don't think it's going away any time soon.

A bag's a sort of -- hell.

[He switches to video long enough to focus his tablet's camera on his own pack.]

That's my bag. Usually everyone who wakes up here gets one, but it might work differently for you.

[Because you're a little kitty, he means.]

[dousedflame]

[She flicks an ear in acknowledgement.]

There was one near me when I woke up, but it was larger than me. I don't think it would help me. I think I can find something similar, though... are they for carrying things?

[thewarningafter]

I was afraid of that. Yeah, they're meant to be for carrying things. Don't know why the admin thought you could use one that's full size.

There should be food in it, though.

[dousedflame]

Perhaps it was a suggestion to make peace with Twolegs.

[It's somewhat of a joke, but... she's starting to think that's the truth. She lets out a little huff and picks up her tablet in her teeth, voice muffled and camera shifting and lurching while she walks back to where her backpack was.]

Whatever food is in there, I doubt it's any good... there's not a single hint of prey-scent anywhere here.

[thewarningafter]

You're not wrong. It'll be wrapped up in something you can't eat and you might have a hard time opening it, but it should be edible even if it doesn't taste good. There's better food to be found in certain buildings. Not good food, generally speaking, but better food.

[dousedflame]

I'll see if I can manage.

[The camera is now sideways and showing her back paws while she shuffles about with the bag. Zippers are proving an issue, but after a bit she manages to hook a claw into it and pull it open with some effort. And a moment later, she lets out a noise of frustration.]

This isn't food at all. What is this?

[It's a sandwich, Bluestar.]

[thewarningafter]

Well, it appears to be a sandwich.

[Just offering his human observation skills over here.]

Try it? You may be several days' travel from a food source, and if you can't carry your bag you may not have a better option than filling up as much as you can now.