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[nihilo]

Assuming we know where the human parts go, where did the cat parts go?

[ She sighs, like a loving but frustrated mother over her brood. ]

This is relevant, because when-- if we kill this feline, will all the respective limbs go back to where they belong or will we be in need of surgeons and, or, prosthetics? Because if they do, miraculously, return to their rightful owners, one must be careful where to aim.

Make sure to blow up only the cat parts, now.

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[succubitch]

I'm assuming wherever the parts went, we're probably better off not knowing. Some questions are best left unanswered.

[nihilo]

A truism, really.

[succubitch]

Perhaps, but one that'll come up again and again in this place.

[nihilo]

Even false rumours bear repetition.

[succubitch]

So they can.

Let me guess, new to the castle?

[nihilo]

[ She smiles. ]

No.

[squartatore]

You say that like there will be cat parts left at the end of this.

[nihilo]

I would hope there is a whole cat at the end of this. Dead, maybe, but whole.

[squartatore]

What makes you think it's likely?

[nihilo]

What makes you think my wish will be granted?

[squartatore]

Nothing, actually. I picture a patchwork of mismatched bits.

[nihilo]

Including your bit?

[squartatore]

Yup. [her mind boggles, how could the cat move so fast when the limbs it took obviously didn't fit well with each other?]

[nihilo]

What if this cat simply dies, all mismatched and you without a-- leg, was it?

[squartatore]

Leg, yeah. Got any ideas I might look into?

[nihilo]

I've yet to hear of a leg transplant, for various reasons, as you know.

[squartatore]

Figured as much. [asking was worth a try, anyway. New perspective, and all that]

[nihilo]

You seem resigned.

[squartatore]

Maybe. I don't know. [she hasn't given up yet, not entirely. That can wait until the cat is taken down and she sees her leg again]

[nihilo]

All I'm saying is our eager heroes should take care to keep your leg as intact as possible.

[squartatore]

Then they better be paying attention.

[separateways]

The goal seems to be to stop this cat problem. The rest will have to get dealt with later, if there's even anything left to deal with.

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[persequor]

It wasn't all cat to start. It had human hands when we found it.

[forsometimenow]

I'm hoping it won't have to come to reattachment, but we do at least have some good doctors here.

[encryptedlock]

As gross as this all is, we do at least have a prosthetic specialist here in a worst case scenario. But we'll probably need someone to magic South's tongue back in, if that's the case.