“If you get lonely when she’s not around, I volunteer my body for tribute.” “To… hold like a baby?” Gabriel asks as he raises an eyebrow. “That is correct. I am prepared to do this for you.” “You act like it’d be a hardship for you,” he says as he watches me pull some pork out of the fridge. “It’s a hardship I’m willing to face… because of you.” “You’re just jealous of my cat. Admit it.” “Yes, but can your cat make you dinner?” “She brought you dinner not long before I arrived, and you chose to dispose of it,” he says, referring to the mouse. “But did I?” I ask as I wave toward the bowl I’m
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