Apartment Above Wellspring Arms, Tuesday Afternoon

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Everyone else was back to normal and so Wade was biding his time for his return of thumbs. And normal vocal cords. That chick with the laptop just hadta be about to change him back. Right?

Right?

Eh, screw it. He learned how to open the fridge like this. He was set for freakin' life.

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It wasn't Nate who was first to return to Wade's side after walkies. Oh no. It was Tether.

Tether, who smelled Thai.

Tether, who craved Thai, darting into the room with his blue eyes bursting with intelligence, leaping at Wade, landing on the floor, skidding over it, making a quick turn and diving for the food.

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He was just lucky that Wade was in a sharing mood. A sharing mood and had already gorged himself on all the lunchmeat in there.

Nothing said breakfast of champions quite like half a pound of roasted turkey slices.

Wade just chuffed in vague annoyance that his meal was so rudely interrupted.

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Tether bared about a quarter of an inch of teeth in friendly reply to the chuffing before shoving his nose into the container, eating at a volume that was - to describe it kindly - rude.

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Hey. Hey. None of that.

Wade was the one in charge here. He could open doors, got it? So that was why he was shoulder bumping the dog.

Right.

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Hey. Hey. This was Tether's food now!

The dog's eyes narrowed. His ears went back towards his skull. And one paw darted out for the offending shoulder.

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Oh, bitch be bringing it. Bringing it like Beyonce's kinda really fug sister. Oh yeah! He went there!

Wade responded with the grace and dignity that someone trapped as a dingo should and--tackled Tether to the ground like a punk.

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Now that couldn't be allowed! Tether made an angry, rough noise in the back of his throat, scrambling up at Wade and attempting to nip at his neck. And not in the fun way. His food!

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Snarling, Wade continued to be superior by trying his damnedest to pin Tether down. This was helped as he suddenly had arms again. And fingers!

Ooo! And thumbs! Oh, how he missed those so.

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Of course, as dramatic timing required--

"WAYD!"

Nate opened his mouth. He closed it. Then he voiced, from the doorway, "That was lunch."

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"...this is awkward," Wade replied, picking up Tether to hide his shame.

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There were any number of appropriate responses here.

Flailing girl in Nate's arms made him opt towards, "You're ordering takeout."

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"Hey now! I was a dingo at the time. I can't really be held accountable for the actions of a wild beast," Wade insisted, ignoring Tether's wriggly attempts to escape.

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"Takeout," Nate repeated, and set Jan down on the floor. She immediately began ambling her way towards the wriggling merc-dog combo. "And pants..."

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Greeeeat move, Nate. Send Wade on a retreat. "If you pick her back up, sure."

He wasn't panicking, okay?

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Nate sent him a slight glance, but took two steps and hauled her back on up. "Sure," he said, restraining the wriggling girl. "You really picked an entrance."

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"I blame a cruel writer," Wade grumbled, trying to get out of the room without turning his back to the kid.

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Nate sighed, reaching up to cover Jan's eyes with his hand to help Wade with his escape. "She'll survive," he said, wryly.

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"Says you!" Flee, Wade! Flee!

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Nate watched him go with more than a little bit of wry amusement in his eyes. He set Jan back down as soon as he was out of the room. "Don't forget about the takeout," he said, evenly.

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Once Tether was set back down and Wade had lovely lovely clothing back on, he was going to do what he wanted since he turned into a dingo.

He changed the channel away from CNN.

"Ohhh yeeeeeah."

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Nate was pretty sure he could spot a fox peeking around a door in an attempt to judge whether it was time to join the circus, too. He sighed.

Jan padded around the couch to finally achieve her goal, being Wade's leg, and Nate leaned over the back of said couch. "Satisfied?"

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""Very!" Wade hauled the kid up to watch TV with him. "But no more nudity around the kid. That's years of therapy just waitin' to happen, man."

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"Like I said," Nate said, dryly, "She'll get over it."

His eyes flicked down. "You've got sauce on the back of your head."

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"...do not." So, so did.

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Nate graciously leaned over to flick it off with his finger. "Not anymore."

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Wade eyed him. "You are so the chick in this relationship."

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That just got him a real smack upside the head.

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"It's okay, Jan. He hits because he loves."

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"Don't believe a word he says," Nate told Jan, kindly.

Jan just clung to Wade's body with a giggle.

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"So... you hit out of spite?" Wade asked.

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"Only when necessary," he said, and finally made the trip required to sit down on the couch next to him.

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And promptly had a kid shoved at him. With loooove.

"Now, it's time for Dora. Jan needs to be bilingual, you know. Something-lingual, at least." A beat. "You teachin' her that wacky Askani too? I betcha are."

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"She already has a background in it," he said, taking the kid and holding her up for a moment.

He might've muttered an Askani word or two and gotten a giggle (and some drool) in return.

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Eeeew.

"See, now I can ask her what the hell you're sayin'."

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"She's two," Nate pointed out, "But good luck with that."

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"Ah, but she'll be older in a few years."

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Nate's mouth quirked, and he set Jan down on his lap. "I didn't realise you wanted to know..."

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"Well, when you say it in bed enough, a guy gets a mite curious, Nate my man."

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"And talking about this is more acceptable than nudity?" Nate had to ask, torn between being exasperated and amused. He glanced at Jan. "At what age were you planning to ask?"

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Wade eyed him. "How dirty are we talkin' then?"

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"Wouldn't you like to know..."

Jan babbled something about Dora and pointed at the screen. "I see it," he assured her.

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"...you are a dirty man."

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"And you don't make assumptions..." Nate said, smirking.

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"Kiiiinky."

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"Not until Dora's done."