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Originally Posted by
Cedric 
If there was one thing that Paulie Foster had discovered today, it was that he could never ever pursue a career that involved animals. EVAR.
He lifted his arms and wrapped his fingers around the bars on the cage. Poor little fellas. This probably resembled a prison for them. His thoughts were on the verge of picturing how he'd hold up in jail when suddenly a voice grabbed his attention. Was this person talking to him..?
Paulie turned, and yes, the boy was directing the comment towards him. "Eh.. I clearly haven't adapted yet..." He frowned slightly and made an effort to continue breathing through his mouth. It seemed to help somewhat. "Do you work here, then?" Just a guess..
"I'm thinking maybe I've been here a bit too long if I've adapted to the smell," Adam said with a little shake of the head and grin, more at himself than the boy. What did it say about him that on a perfectly good afternoon Adam was completely alone with no one to talk to but the animals in front of him who were more concerned with trying to transform into a completely different animal than anything else.
Adam looked back over at the boy, his eyebrows going up in surprise when asked if he worked here.
"Um...no, I don't. But it seems like it wouldn't be too bad of a job. They're...uh...pretty cute," Adam said, pointing to one animal that had managed to successfully transform into a baby rabbit.
"I imagine the people that work here long enough never notice the smell." In all honesty Adam figured it was probably much more pleasant dealing with harmless animals that just want a little food and attention than people who can be just nasty.
"I'm Adam by the way," Adam said, shifting down slightly so he could extend his hand to the boy.