#magicvet

⌝ Sofia held the tiny black cat in her arms as she waited in the examination room with Nibbler, she was going to put her down on the table but the cat seemed to have some anxiety issues and would wail when Sofia put her down if it was not at home. Sofia blamed Zaina just a little, since the cat had seemed fine to wander about as she liked wherever Sofia took her until the woman had slapped her. However, it also could have probably just been that Sofia did carry her sort of a lot.

⌝ "The doctor isn't scary," Sofia insisted as she nuzzled her nose softly into the kittens cheek. "Seymour came here after we got him too," she continued to speak as though the cat could understand everything she was saying when in reality all she probably heard was the sounds of the teacher from Charlie Brown. She did realise in that moment though so far she and Roman only had strays as pets. Nibbler had been found in the trash can of Micah's home and Seymour had been wandering around the trailer for days stealing food from their trash. "You'll be so brave," she insisted, brown eyes on her creature of similar colouring to herself - the dark hair, the brown eyes.

"I'm just kind of busy a lot," Matthew expressed, his words gusting out in front of him in wisps of warmed air, visible against the coolness of the crisp morning. He was on his knees, jeans digging against the slightly damp earth, gloves on his hands to protect against the cold because digging his fingers into half frozen earth would be numbing and uncomfortable. Despite it being winter, there was still work to be done in the community gardens, less so in comparison to spring or summer or even fall but still efforts were made to maintain the soil and protect the plants which were existing, brushing away the frost that collected on thin leaves and delicate branches, making sure the rose beds were properly tented and for some reason or another, sharp stabbing weeds kept sprouting up around one of the bushes in the vegetable garden, some strange magical infestation probably planted by a pesky pixie or garden gnome who had been disgruntled. It was often easy to earn their ire and they took it out by hiding gardening tools and sprouting up hard to remove weeds that must now be taken out by hand because the shovels and the garden rakes had all gone missing. So Matthew wrapped his glove clad hand around the base of one of the sharp weeds and tugged until the roots uplifted and discarded the dry looking scraggly thing to the side. "So I'd feel bad if I was leaving a dog alone in my apartment for a few hours, you know?" He glanced over toward the older man as he was working. "It's not like I have a yard that I could just let the dog roam free in but my apartment is pretty big. What do you think?" He sat back on his heels, taking a small break.

location: veterinary clinic

The clinic seemed to be quiet that day, but that suited Cass fine since this seemed to be kind of an emergency, and he'd torn his entire plan for the day in shreds to be there. He'd never been before - he wasn't a pet owner, why would he bother? - and so when Corey emerged Cass didn't recognise the man and didn't bother with any introduction, instead just giving him a slightly frantic look, "can you help? I found this cat ...." He was cradling the animal in his arms, wrapped in an old blanket from his car, scratches from the fight the kitten had put up visible on his arm as his sleeve pushed up when he stood, "I think it's been hit by someone's car. There's no collar or nothing..."

⌝ "You can to see the mermaid exhibit," she played as her hands grabbed the edge of the pool, pushing her up and revealing she was wearing a bikini, despite normally just allowing the scales on her chest and the gills at her ribcage to speak for themselves. Sofia didn't want Nova bringing Lucas by and accidentally catching his step mum topless so she was being safe.

⌝ "Usually I'd charge you but friends and family discount I'll let you observe me for free," the woman continued to joke. Perhaps a coping mechanism she was using all too much as of late, with how upset everyone else was.

"Roman has always told me that he is madly in love with Corey. This is true. Every day, I would hear it at least once, how much he adores that man and how much he enjoys reading to him in the bath. I thought he did that sort of stuff with Sofia only but surprise, he does it for Corey too. They're joined at the hip, those two kiddos, brings a tear to my eye. Hope they invite me to the wedding."