It's nice to have cool science explanations!

This one goes faster than the original, and Ellie has a working collar by the time they should be thinking about going to pick up Flareon.

"Want to try it?" she asks Jolteon.

She thinks, then - nods, a bit slowly.

"All right..." She slips the collar around Jolteon's neck carefully and fastens it.

"...Hello?"

"Hi! How's it going?"

"I like the design stuff!"

"Yeah, so do I. Took me a while to come up with it."

"Ellie's really smart!" Intrepid says. 

"She does seem to be."

Snicker.

"Thanks."

Headbutt! "The smartest."

"There you have it, straight from the most impartial of observers." She ruffles Intrepid's fur.

Giggle. "I have very good taste."

"Of course you do."

Jolteon snickers a little.

"You guys about ready to go pick up Flareon?"

"Sure!"

Back to the hospital, then.

Flareon's sitting in a visitor's chair in her dad's room and looks up when the nurse knocks on the door, then jumps down and pads over.

"Ready to go?"

She glances at the nurse - who assures her that she'll tell Flareon's dad where she went if he wakes up before she's back (he appears to be sleeping) - then turns back to Ellie and nods.

Then back to the room for dinner!

Heee. Flareon definitely likes hanging out with the others, even if trading off collars and relaying things to Flicker (partially through Intrepid, who knows the umbreon language well enough by now) makes for some weird logistics for conversation.

Ellie will have to get started on a third, then.