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“Where did you live before you came here? “ Scott asked El
“Oh I used to live in an attic like this one” Wide rat came over and slung an arm around her
“It was great, we had build battles and secret Santa”
“Were there other rats there?”
So laughed slightly sadly “oh there were tons, we filled up the entire attic “
“your home sounds nice, why did you leave ?”
They both got a sad glint in their eyes “we didn’t have much of a choice, The dad came home and… not everyone made it out”
“oh..”
El shook her head “well it was nice while it lasted, I had an art gallery, and we had a bar and the tailor maid, and we even had a few concerts! “
“Ya it was epic, farmer rat built this giant garden for one of our friends “
“Oh I remember that, it was so pretty
“Or the time you got turned into a cat” Bek said laughing
“You got turned into a cat???”
“yep, then we had to Dance battle a magic squid, and we met a fox who we had to give a birthday gift to,” she laughed “and Owen convinced Him he was his nephew “
Gem joined her laughter, and it fizzled out into bitter sweet smiles, He heard trash rat call to them fro. Across the rattic. Bek
He heard Martyn, and trash rat call to them from across the rattic. Bek started towards them, but Scott caught Else hand
“Hey if you ever want to talk about your old home, I'll listen it sounds like you miss it a lot”
“thanks,… I do” she turned ran over to figure out what trash rat was plotting.