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--need to have data, this isn't enough.

But it's fascinating, isn't it?

[Walter realizes he's already had the voice function on and turns to look at the camera after his talk to himself.]

Yes, hello! Anyone of you, I've noticed these peculiar displacements all over the village as I'm sure you all have. It started out small enough, but the frequency of them is beginning to become alarming. An isolated incident or two, I can overlook, but this many? If only I had my lab, I could better measure this phenomenon...

Oh, yes! Data! I need data. Any occurrences you've witnessed, how long, the nature of the displacement, anything else you can remember about the event. Report here.

And if you see a cow, I want one.

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The lab? She was a pet and an experiment right?

What? No, why would I ever make her an experiment?

I mean, I did try to make her give chocolate milk once, but that's harmless. And it didn't work.

I dunno. I haven't really been around cows before. Wasn't sure if that's something people would use them for.

Wait, can chocolate milk come from cows? I heard brown cows give chocolate milk and the black and white ones give regular milk, but I thought that was a joke.

Oh, it has nothing to do with their coloring, I assure you.

I'm certain it is possible with a little genetic tampering. Gene was a lovely assistant in that. And it was so relaxing to brush her coat.

Genetic tampering sounds a little bit like an experiment to me. [Nothing personal. Experimentation and genetic tampering has made him uncomfortable even before his time in Luceti. Luceti certainly hasn't help at all.]

It's entirely safe, I promise you. I would never do anything to harm Gene.

It proved impossible in the end and all she felt was likely a case of gas.

That's good to hear. Although, a case of gas from a cow sounds rather unpleasant!

Oh, it was the worst stench you can ever imagine! [He chuckles to himself, remembering it oh so fondly.]

It could have been worse, of course, but thankfully I hadn't given her any new foods in awhile.

I'd rather not imagine if you don't mind! It's bad enough when my cats stink up my place I don't even want to picture something as large as a cow and what kind of smell that would have!

Ah, cat farts, yes. Strange that an animal so small can be so malodorous.

I preferred dogs. But they were just as bad.

Well, to be honest I never really pictured myself as a pet person at all. Just can't seem to get rid of these two that I have. I guess they just really wanted a person-pet themselves!

[Not that he'd ever want to be rid of them at this point. They were the only family he had left in Luceti.]

But pets are wonderful! We had a dog named Rufus - wonderful thing, absolutely wonderful. I used to sing to him when he had night terrors as a pup.

What breeds of cat do you have? Mixed?

That sounds really nice. I'm glad you were there to comfort him. I bet he was really glad that you loved him so much.

[And oh god, cat breeds? Wolfwood would have said part devil probably.] Ah, black and... mostly black? [He turns the camera around where one black cat is sitting on the back of a couch watching Vash with bright green eyes. With a slightly larger, yet nearly carbon copy with a little ring of brown around one eye is another cat curled up and sleeping in a ball on the cushions.]] I don't really know much about cats to be honest.

We all did, he was a gre--

[Whoa, what is with those cats.]

Their heads are huge.

Yeah, they kind of are, aren't they? I mean, they look just like the other cats from my world so I never really noticed until I arrived here and saw other cats. I guess my world just has big headed cats. Maybe it's the heat...

Fascinating....Do all fauna on your world have such gigantic noggins?

I didn't think so, but we don't really have much in the way of fauna. The dogs I've seen here and back home seem about the same. Although I haven't seen something that really compares to some of the other animals we have.

And what would those animals be? If they also appear to have large heads, it could be a planetary device. If not, perhaps your cats are simply a large-headed breed.

Well, we have lizards that seem normal. Our snakes and scorpions don't seem too different from the few I've seen here. Although I've never seen anything like a Thomas here. They're a pack animal. We use them like horses only they don't look anything like a horse. Actually they have really small heads but long necks.

Can you describe these "Thomas" things? I'm quite interested in learning about foreign fauna as a distraction here. Those spirits seem to avoid me like the plague so far, so I haven't had much luck.

Hmmm, [How to explain an animal like a Thomas.] Well, they're big enough to ride. With brown fur and stand on two legs. No arms, but they have a long thick tale and a long neck that keeps the balanced. Their heads are pretty small with two eyes on the side of their heads and a really long, thin tongue.

Or, well, hm. [There's a pause as Vash grabs a pencil and starts to doodle in the journal. Eventually the doodle will come through for Bishop to see a very crude rough drawing of a Thomas.]

Well! That's certainly not something one sees everyday. You say they're used as pack animals?

Yeah, they're probably one of our more popular animals as they do pretty well on long distance trips and can carry a few bags or pull a cart. Well, besides sandworms, but those are nearly impossible to train. Best to just keep your distance really.

....You have sandworms?

[He sounds entirely too excited about that.]

Sure do. From what I understand no desert planet is complete without sandworms.

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