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Barrett · 10-16-2011, 06:33 AM

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Barry wants to see the kidlets again. Since this wasn't discussed, I understand if you can't make it. XD 2 max.

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It was hard to believe two months had come and gone since his last visit, but all around, the signs of time's passage were inescapable. The deep, lush greens of summer were gone. They were replaced by a fiery mix of gold, orange, and blazing red — what little green remained was dull at best, and the first of many brown, brittle leaves now littered the forest floor. They crunched loudly underfoot, but Barrett paid them little heed. Likewise, he ignored the squirrels which bounded about, frantically gathering acorns for their winter stores. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he reflected how he, too, would have to make his final harvest soon.

Thanks to his meticulous tending of the gardens, an appreciable surplus had accumulated over the growing season — and failing all else, he always had the greenhouse — but there was no sense in letting good drugs go to waste. If he couldn't push it all, he'd give Axle and Grit a bonus or throw a party. Ultimately, both actions would be good for business. The former would enforce his guards' loyalty and the latter would help spread word of his shady enterprise, hopefully allowing him to expand his customer base. At any rate, these were plans for another time. Naniko had granted him parental visitation rights and he was starting to feel like a bastard for not taking advantage of them, especially during the kids' early, formative months.

And so — with a strained, deliberate pace — he made his way to the borders of the mountain-dwelling pack. A brief howl announced his presence: I'm here. It was directed to nobody in particular, but with any luck it would get Naniko's attention. He knew how to get to the dens this time and the Angela had given him a free pass, but he wavered uncertainly on the cusp of claimed territory and no-mans-land. This still felt wrong. His ears flattened in a mixture of submission and frustration. He sighed.

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