yourhatred | appointment's post

Nothing that was offered me.

But I would not purposefully choose anything too sweet.

Hmm. I'm not one for sweets either. Guess we share that in common.

A fortunate thing, should either of us ever find ourselves with extra means for warm beverages.

That indeed.

[He considers asking him if he wants to join him for tea sometime, but... it just feels like pushing the other man for today, even though the request is inferred in the conversation. There's the date to go sailing together, and there will be other things he'll pester him with.

And besides, he'd rather be the one asked instead of the one asking. Itachi rarely asks him for anything, even his company. It's nice when he does.]

I'm a little surprised you haven't visited the shop yet yourself. You aren't exactly a newcomer to the village.

[Itachi may or may not be aware of Law's wishes, but either way an invitation doesn't seem to be coming just yet.]

Nm... I guess I've just been busy lately. I keep meaning to make time. [What with the clinic, training, the boat, being a nosy bastard into everyone's business, the draft, recovering from the draft and the injuries he got from that, trying to prevent a pirate turf war, keeping something of a social life, Sumire, worrying over Bepo and what they feel coming...

Busy.]

...

No. Not a newcomer anymore, huh?

Neither of us are.

...Discounting my absence, I believe I've been here about a year now.

A year? Long time... It'll be a year in November for me. [Making a soft noise.] Coming up soon. Along with my birthday.

[A small shake of his head... never did imagine he'd be celebrating one of those in here... or more accurately, pointedly did not think of it.]

Oh?

[Itachi raises a brow.]

Should I keep gifts in mind?

[Breathing sudden amusement.] Should you? Well... if you're set on it, it's on October sixth.

And when's yours?

...June 9th.

Happy very belated birthday then.

[Are you worried that he's going to take this as a further opportunity to surprise you with something else?]

[That would a little much, given that it's been a few months.]

Indeed.

[Probably.]

How- [And then there's the sound of something walking over the journal, stopping, and NYEOWING for attention.]

Sumire, I just fed you. Off there, please.

...I see that you brought home more than one.

Aaa... yes. I did. Though Amaya and Sumire aren't littermates.

Then there's been a fair amount of kittens born in Luceti in general lately?

Mmhm. Three very large litters that I know about. Not to mention there are strays running around as well.

I wasn't aware there were many cats in Luceti to begin with. I suppose I should pay better attention to the animal population.

Eh, well, it's certainly grown in the last little while. A lot of people's pets are coming through along with them.

[And then nature takes its course when they meet up.]

The effects of that are only just showing up now.

...Hm.

It may be prudent to look into some form of birth control if this continues.

Probably. Convincing everyone to spay and neuter their pets might be a task, though. As well as convincing the rest of the medical staff like McCoy to get on board with it.

As he would say, 'We're doctors of people, not pets.'

Given the different worlds everyone comes from, and some of the unique abilities brought from those worlds, I wouldn't put it past this place to have someone who knows a better method of going about it.

It might be worth asking around about, at least.

Hmmm... It'll take some looking, that's for sure. A lot of Luceti's healers base their methods in magic, and not herbs, drugs, [chi] chakra manipulation, or surgery.

Something to bring up in the next meeting the medical community has. If nothing else, it'll get people thinking about it.

Worth looking into, at least.

I'm sure there's an available solution to the potential population problem somewhere.

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