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"I'll let Mother know to save a seat for you," Hati replied amiably, making a mental note to do so. Their household was always well stocked with food, and Ayita enjoyed sharing her culinary talents. She would be happy to have a guest -- and was probably planning a big feast anyway, to welcome Skoll home safe and sound. While it had been a pleasant reprieve to have the house so quiet for the last several days, Hati had missed his brother's company from time to time. Dinner would be a noisy and happy affair tonight, and Terra would surely enjoy spinning tales about their great adventure.
Terra settled onto the grass, and Hati took his cue and followed suit, lowering his belly onto the grass and crossing his forelegs before him. She mentioned rabbits, and he tilted his head with curiosity, trying to puzzle out whether she meant what she said or if she was teasing him. Hati wasn't always adept at telling the difference between fact and fiction, and relied on what he learned from books more than experience. Finally he frowned at her mocking grin, figuring it must be a joke he didn't get. "Rabbits don't get that big... Do they?" He wasn't entirely sure what had made the caverns, after all, and he knew rabbits lived in burrows underground...
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