Half a Pancake (Haven fic)
For the @havencrew prompt; "Do you think seagulls feel regret? Cause I just witnessed one swallow half a pancake in less than a second."
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“Um… Audrey?” Duke poked his head into her office, sounding uncertain, amused and slightly scared all at once.
“Yeah?” she asked, and looked up from her paperwork to see Duke staring at Nathan's desk.
“Where's Nathan?” Duke said, and the tone of his voice made her think it was not so much a question as a warning. A caution. An oh-god-not-really.
“He went to follow up on a call at the farmers’ market,” Audrey told him, putting down her pen and sitting up straighter. Something in the almost-panic, almost-laughter in his voice was scaring her. “Why?”
“Um … do we know of an animal transformation trouble? Or, one involving maybe … seagulls?”
“No,” said Audrey slowly. And then very firmly added, “Why.”
“Because … I just witnessed one swallow half a pancake in less than a second. And then, I swear it glared at me.”
Audrey narrowed her eyes at him, torn between running out of the office in a panic to find the curious creature, and laughing herself silly at the thought of it. She said nothing, and reached for her radio instead.
