\t\u201cYou\u2019re kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe small creature, barely the size of a stray cat, blinks up at me, assuring me that this is most certainly not a joke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\u201cThis is supposed to be a Jabberwocky?\u201d I ask. The Jabberwocky in question happens to choose this moment to purr. Maybe I\u2019m going insane, and this actually is a cat. A small spurt of fire from its nostrils quickly tells me I am not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tJust insanely unlucky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat am I supposed to feed you, anyway?\u201d I murmur, kneeling down. The Jabberwocky immediately paws at my leg, clambering up. It scrambles onto my shoulder and poses like a gargoyle. I twist my head to look at it, and its composure breaks while it nuzzles into my cheek. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre you a girl?\u201d I ask, and it nods. \u201cYou\u2019ll need a name, too,\u201d I say aloud. \u201cHow about\u2026 Munelia?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She hisses at me, tossing her horned head away from me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay, not that,\u201d I say. \u201cAmile? Merndole? Bristen? Sandyr?\u201d She perks up, whipping around to face me. \u201cSandyr it is, then,\u201d I say. A spine on her back pops up, and I absently stroke it flat. Sandyr purrs loudly at this, coiling around my neck like an abstract scarf. I continue to pet her, wondering what on Earth Lewis Carroll was thinking. \u201cThe jaws the bite, the claws that catch\u201d, I mean, this little guy looks like she couldn\u2019t catch a fly if she tried! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the moment, Sandyr is attempting to grab a gnat out of the air, batting her unproportionally large, clawed, and fuzzy paws at it. I’m watching her amusedly when she grows annoyed and decides it\u2019s not worth her time to bother the old-fashioned way, and spits at it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d have laughed if the gnat didn\u2019t disintegrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sigh and scratch her under the chin. Maybe Carroll wasn\u2019t as far off as I would have believed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAlright, Sandyr,\u201d I say. \u201cLet\u2019s go home, yeah?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She purrs and latches ahold of me through my shirt, which is definitely going to have holes in it later. I sigh again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is going to be a long, long day.
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