[Video]

[afirewithfashion]

[Cinna looks a little less focused than usually -- that may have something to do with the collection of tribbles in his lap. The topmost one (yes, the pile is multi-layered) is the tribble that he's had from the beginning. Mostly sandy-beige, with white stripes on its belly.]

I know they're dangerous, I do understand that. They'll eat away the entire food supply.

[He trails off, his fingers in the fur of his favorite tribble.]

They're just so innocent -- if cold stops them from reproducing, couldn't we make cooled cages for them? Not all of them, but some of them?

[Like this one. He wants to keep it.

He feels better with the tribbles than he's felt since he arrived on the turtle. Better, even, than when they were in the plentiful current.]

I know it's a risk. But it seems wrong to kill them all.

Comments

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

Do they really have to stay cold?

[That almost sounds mean to her.]

Re: video:

[afirewithfashion]

I think it feels nice for them. Look at how thick their fur is.

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

[Victoria looks with her usual calm curiosity, carefully turning the tribble in her hands.]

Which end is up?

[Can anyone tell her? She can't figure it out.]

Re: video:

[afirewithfashion]

I don't think it matters much to them.

[He's actually laughing a bit.]

Re: video:

[victoria_stay]

[The laughing makes her turn to look at Cinna again, head tilting slightly. She's never made someone do that before. Not recently and not that she could remember, anyway. She likes it. She might even just smile. Sort of. A brief twitch of her lips before her face is expressionless again.]

Probably not. They kind of...roll everywhere.

Re: video:

[afirewithfashion]

[That's not the normal response a child has to laughter -- he hasn't missed it. She's too serious for her age, and he sees flashes of Katniss in her -- which, of course, only makes him more anxious to protect her.]

Well, from what they said about their natural habitat, I don't think they were ever meant to have very long life spans. But I like them.