[Tifa holds herself still while the cat starts to groom her hand, front and back.]
His name was Maru. Someone in my village had a litter, so I took one home. He was cute, but always a troublemaker, that one. [She says it with every ounce of fondness she has to spare, of course.] He'd get out all the time, and there'd be search parties out looking for him, but after a while...
[She sighs with an unusual amount of weight in her shoulders now, and her laugh is stiff.]
After a while, we realized that he'd always find his own way home. So we just let him do his own thing.
[The cat purrs, and bumps its head against her arm.]
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[Tifa holds herself still while the cat starts to groom her hand, front and back.]
His name was Maru. Someone in my village had a litter, so I took one home. He was cute, but always a troublemaker, that one. [She says it with every ounce of fondness she has to spare, of course.] He'd get out all the time, and there'd be search parties out looking for him, but after a while...
[She sighs with an unusual amount of weight in her shoulders now, and her laugh is stiff.]
After a while, we realized that he'd always find his own way home. So we just let him do his own thing.
[The cat purrs, and bumps its head against her arm.]