I am home from my surgery. I think I’m doing okay. It’s not quite as painful as expected but the waiting to hear if the cancer has spread is pretty awful.

I’m continuing Aneirin and Kaleo’s story. Kaleo just got jumped by Aneirin’s pet upon their arrival at Aneirin’s home.

“Is it a cat?”

“No, she’s a Zabetian Shozalin, though yes, they are cat-like in appearance and attitude. A partner for her is what I wanted for my birthday, not a companion for me.” He sighed, and put the beast down before she managed to impale him on her saber teeth by accident. He noticed she had managed to get the padded tips off the ends of her teeth again. She padded over to Kaleo, her black fur rippling, making the curvilinear markings of white and gray ripple like smoke. It’s how he arrived at the name.

Kaleo eyes her uneasily as she sniffed at him.  “Does she act like a cat? I’m kinda dangling free here, and I know what a cat will do.”

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