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[boredallready]

Guys guys guys! I just got the best Echo-Pulse-Thingy ever!

[The camera pans to one side to show a large white and green canine standing next to him. You may not that he didn't really have to tip the image down to get its face in the shot. In fact, he may have gone up just a little bit It really does look like it's standing on all fours, too.

The picture goes back to Lloyd.]

I got a dog! I guess he was mine before and his name is Noishe!

[His excitement morphs into something closer to a nervous smile.]

So...what am I supposed to tell my dad? I sorta haven't told him about any of this yet...

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[stopinthenameofawe]

[um... does the kid needs his eyes checked?]

That's some dog.

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[boredallready]

rite hes so cool

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[stopinthenameofawe]

[she's going to introduce you to Robyn at some point. You would get along great.]

Are you sure it's a dog?

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[boredallready]

[And then they can find out they've already met.]

y i reminbr tell sum guy hes 1

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[darkhourdear]

[oh! dogs!! :D Phillip will even aww a little.]

He's really cute! What kind of dog is he? I've never seen one like that before.

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[boredallready]

Ummm... Actually I'm not really sure. He could be one of those mixed-up ones I guess.

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[darkhourdear]

Oh, like a mutt? That makes sense!

I've never seen a green dog before, though. Maybe he's part beagle or something 'cause his ears are so big! Though beagle ears don't stick up like that.

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[boredallready]

Wow, you really know a lot about dogs. Dad never let us get one before so I'm not as used to them yet.

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[flamberge]

[Hello sudden, SUPER CRYPTIC WHAT EVEN echo upon seeing the green and definitely NOT dog. Some of Karl confusion at the echo can be heard in his voice.]

...He undergoes an evolution of some sort.

[Unsure if Noishe is a dog or not, but no normal dog evolves. And addressing the second part of this, too.]

Derek ought to understand the truth. He is a reasonable, kind individual unlikely to treat you differently because of all this.

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[boredallready]

[Lloyd in silent for a second as he tries to figure out what he meant about the dog.]

You...know what kind of a dog he is? I thought evolution just sorta happened like that guy who gives those awards to stupid people said.

[He can next be heard exhaling heavily through his nose.]

I guess. It just feels kinda weird after keeping it a secret for so long...

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[flamberge]

[...Does he have to teach Lloyd history and science, too? A dad's job is never done sigh.]

Charles Darwin and no, I haven't any idea as to the species or if he's a dog to begin with, only that I spoke of not being present to witness his next evolution.

[The hesitation in telling him is understandable. Some parents did not react nicely at all. Derek just doesn't seem the type to respond negatively though.]

Weird, perhaps, but likely easier than attempt to keep Noishe a secret

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[boredallready]

Yeah, his website's really funny! And if it's supposed to take a long time anyway, that doesn't sound so weird.

[You remember how smoothly him telling you his suspicions about your relationship went. Lloyd's not exactly confident this will go any better from his side.]

I dunno, maybe I can just tell him that he followed me home.

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[buildyourworld]

Did you crossbred a dog with some giant hare?

[ Whatever he's seeing, that's not a dog... or a very bizarre dog. ]

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[boredallready]

[Well someone was just complaining about his spelling so this takes a little bit.]

no he just showed up.

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[buildyourworld]

I don't think you can even call that a dog...

[ It's a good thing he's making the effort but Eugen will bitch if he doesn't. It comes with being a tutor... ]

Does he do anything special?

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[boredallready]

he is I got that back to. And idk

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[amajin]

Guess you're gonna have to tell him something, kid.

[He shrugs, lightly.]

Dads are never as dumb as you want them to be when it comes to weird green pets. I mean, he's gonna suspect you're numbered, no matter what you tell him.

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[boredallready]

I've been hiding everything else in my closet but...yeah, he's gonna need food and stuff, too.

[He looks at the floor for a moment.]

I think I'm more worried about telling him how long I've been keeping it a secret, actually.

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[sunshinethatwarmsherup]

Okay, all mentions of "THAT'S NOT A DOG YOU DUMMY" aside, how the heck did you get an animal back from one of the pulses?

[ Because seriously that really made no sense. At all. ]

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[boredallready]

[He's getting sick of the spelling lessons flack, so give him a few minutes here.]

yea he 's a dog I remember that. and idk a car zipped past me and than he walked up.

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[sunshinethatwarmsherup]

No. I'm pretty sure that's not a dog. If it was a dog, we would've seen one before. Obviously past you didn't know what he actually is.

And I'm not sure about you, but it seems really... ridiculous that we can get animals back. I mean, what's next, spontaneously echoing back a sibling or something?

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[boredallready]

if he comes from a different place he could be a dog nobodies seen before

it is weird but idk getting a free pet is great to

[notbloody]

Can he speak?

[Another dog! She knows of a bird and a cat and a ferret, but another dog would be so great...!!!]

[boredallready]

[He conversed with the ferret once. Not that he ever found out what she was but the writer claimed to be a "beast".]

He hasn't yet. But you can, that's pretty cool!

[notbloody]

I can talk to him, maybe that will make him speak!