「 REMEMBER YOUR APPOINTMENT」

[drawback]

[ It looks like you have an appointment and you have been brought in from the waiting room. There is a chair for your to lounge on--

Wait, are you seeing a shrink? Can't be! You're generally sane... Right?

Right...? ]

The doctor will be right with you. For now, I'll just conduct a general evaluation. Mind if I ask you questions?

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[drawback]

Are you calling the duck fat? [ That's all that comes to mind for Cameron...

This drama is too good to end. ]

[unsecure]

No, but there's a limit as to how much we can all carry at once, so...

[ On second thought, Damien looks at the duck.

... It doesn't look fat for him anyway. ]

[drawback]

I think the turtle is fine. [ the turtle is waddling back into the pond with the duck on its shell. ]

There are sometimes ducklings around too.

[unsecure]

We shouldn't pick them up, right? Because animals would get human smell on them and that's bad.

[ At least that's what he heard anyway. ]

[drawback]

... What? [ FISJLKSF He knows it's dangerous for the most part, but he has never had it explained like that.

Is that true...? Is mostly what he's wondering. Sure, it makes sense for some animals... ]

I didn't know ducks have that keen smell.

[unsecure]

[ He doesn't know that much about ducks

pls forgive him ]

Do they? I mean... they don't always show it outright, but it can sometimes be true for other animals...

[drawback]

I guess we'll never know till we can be ducks ourselves. [ he wonders what kind of life that would be...

It must be horrible.

Okay, back to the garden. ]

[unsecure]

[ Damien tries to think about it, but he hits a rut. He eyes the garden... sounds like a good idea to transition now. He stands up properly and goes to toddle towards the garden now. ]

[drawback]

[ There's a nice gates that opens to a literal foliage auditorium-like area. There are even butterflies inside though not that many. The ceiling is also quite high, but are laced with vines. ]

Most of the time this place is a little humid.

[unsecure]

For the plants, right? [ He looks around the garden in awe. It really reminds him of a lot of Ruuri's own, except this is in a grander scale. ]

It's so cool...

[drawback]

Yeah. Most plants can't live in the cold, right? [ He waves at the gardeners that are stationed and they greet him as usual. ]

You're not allergic to anything, right?

[unsecure]

I don't think I am... [ In all his imagined life, he doesn't remember being allergic to anything ever. ]

My caretaker also has a garden... or something like that. He also grows a bunch of plants. So... I like seeing these kinds of things. It's kind of neat.

[drawback]

[ Damien and his new life... New adventures... Lack of allergies. Many opportunities.He thinks that's nice! He has a tree in front of his house and stuff, but it's not like he knows how to properly take care of it. To be quite honest, all of these plants look the same to him. ] I'm glad there are signs.

[ How else would he know if this plant is an actual thing or just a common weed?! ] Are any of these in your garden?

[unsecure]

Um... Those. Over there. [ Damien points to several plants that are rather spaced out. The common fig, aloe, something that resembles a cactus, and a tree that is rather spiky. ]

[drawback]

Oh wow... That's quite a lot. [ He raises his eyes. Usually no teenager has the patience to do all of that. ]

I think everything I touch dies.

[unsecure]

I don't think that's reassuring to hear from anybody.

[ Not that he minds hearing it anyway. ]

Did you have a bad experience with one?

[drawback]

... Actually, not really.

I have a pretty big tree in the front of my house, but my neighbors have been taking care of it for a while. [ He just has never taken care of anything in his own house aside from the class hamster. ]

[unsecure]

Then you can't really say that everything you touch dies because you haven't really tried.

[ He's beginning to think that Cameron is just lazy with that sort of thing. ]

[drawback]

My pet hamster died once... [ Here comes the tale that isn't true.

Are you ready, Damien?! ]

[unsecure]

Did you forget to feed it one day...

[ He's not sure if he's ready?!?!! ]

[drawback]

No... It just suddenly died out of fright. I'm not sure why since all I did was hold it. [ Damiens... ]

[unsecure]

Maybe you just scared the heck out of the hamster somehow.

[ He thinks it's strange because-- ]

You're not that scary though.

[drawback]

Really? That's good to hear. I don't think it would go well for my patients if I was scary.

[ Let this tale plague you for life, Damien. ]

[unsecure]

Animals are kinda weird though. Animals never liked Frosty. Probably because he was too cold wherever he went.

[ poor polar bear ]

[drawback]

... Frosty? The snowman? [ He tilts his head while he looks over the flower bed on this side.

sad life. ]