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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Festy_Dog" data-source="post: 405645" data-attributes="member: 2561">My attempt at breaking the silence.Akira sits in a tent one evening during his journey to the Test of the Emerald Champion. His dog lies beside him, gazing intently at the door. Nobody is nearby, Akira has sent them all off to do a bunch of tasks."We've made it Festy, we're going to the Test of the Emerald champion," Akira says quietly to him, "Why did I ever let my little brother name you anyway?"Festy shrugs his dog shoulders."And nobody's the wiser! No-one will ever have to know I'm not human! We can get away with this scot free!" Akira chirps cheerily, "We've come a long way, in fact, an incredible way to get here. You're the only person whose been the whole way with me."Festy groans."Rrrop ralking roo re rarout rit," Festy says with his clumsy dog tongue, "Rerause ri ralreary row rit ran rou ron't rant ranyrone roo rear."Akira looks embarassed."Yeah, I guess I shoulda known but I'm just really happy about this, heh," Akira adds."Rits rall rood" Festy returns with a dog's attempt at a smile."Now then, enough of this sitting around, lets get some practise in," says Akira as he rubs Festy behind the ears while standing up.Festy nods silently and they leave the tent.* * * * *Outside the tent, out of view and out of mind, Geitana silently listens to the above conversation. During the amount of time she has followed her brother-in-law around she has gotten to know him a lot better than would normally be possible for her with relatives. She has begun to see what her sister saw in this gaijin that made him worth living with.She smiles when the gaijin dog finally breaks its silence and speaks barely coherently to its master about eavesdroppers. Though it spoke to Akira very bluntly he didn't mind, they had apparently been friends for a long time.Soon they left the tent and strolled off to practise their martial skills. Geitana followed. The thought came to her, What kind of weapon would a dog wield?At that moment the dog blinked into another location some feet away where it rended the air with its fangs in an impressive manner.Interesting animals they have outside the empire, she thought to herself as Akira applauded the animals efforts and gave it praise.Akira's usage of the katana with blinding speed brought the same result from his animal companion, but in the form of barking and wagging of the creature's tail.Geitana shook her head slowly and took a more comfortable position to observe them from.</blockquote>

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