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"Do you want to come in or are you so spooked you're going to fly home as soon as you're done hugging me?" asks Bella weakly.
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"He won't shoot you," Bella promises, and she ushers him in, and closes the back door, and plops them both onto a sofa.
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"I'm just glad he called me down to identify you instead of shooting you on sight."
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Hugs.
"Charlie's going to be way less happy about having you crash here than Renée was but I could maybe get him to let you stay a night or two."
"Charlie's going to be way less happy about having you crash here than Renée was but I could maybe get him to let you stay a night or two."
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"Well, he might not like you hanging around even if you don't technically sleep here, but that'd probably get you at least a week."
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Snuggle. "He let Tony and Sherlock stay for a long time but they didn't turn into scary-looking critters first."
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She scritches his hair. "Kinda. I wonder who he's seen die. I knew Renée wouldn't be able to see you but I wasn't sure Charlie would."
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Perhaps they do.
Ultimately Charlie allows that Feral may sleep on the sofa for one night but after that he should be on his way. He does not produce an apology for responding to Doorstep Monstrosity with an aimed but not fired weapon.
Ultimately Charlie allows that Feral may sleep on the sofa for one night but after that he should be on his way. He does not produce an apology for responding to Doorstep Monstrosity with an aimed but not fired weapon.