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sweetpinkpixie 
Deciding to go take a peek at how things were going in the Tower Patch, Airey had locked his office and made his way outdoor with Pebbles held in his left hand. She could use the fresh air as well. Yep. He would have put her on her leash, but the Tower Patch was in such a disarray and far too hazardous to her rocky health.
After walking around just a bit, his eyes fell on Erik and his dapper demeanor. "Looking sharp there, Erik," he greeted while giving the man a quick thumbs up. He would have given two, but then he would have dropped Pebbles. "I say...is that a Carolina blue silk tie?"
Erik wasn't sure where the plaques were but he wasn't finding them. No hurry though, he was enjoying his stroll. Then he heard the unmistakable voice of the Astronomy professor behind him, and that was the end of that.
"Professor," he
reluctantly returned the man's greeting with a nod.
"Same to you and your..." Erik stared at the object in his hand,
"..pup?"
He took a step closer to the man to study the odd-shaped object, only realising a moment too late that Flamsteed had noticed the tie.
"Mhm, yes, it is. Is vhat a pup?" If it were, he felt sorry for the thing. It was rather unnatural-looking, like an ugly runt. Or a rock, really, if Flamsteed were the sort to glue puppet accessories to a bit of stone.
But no, surely it was a pup?