Inside Kitty | HIT ENTER | UNO Queen Quote:
Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Being frozen meant that people would avoid him and not look at him. He found that with dinosaurs historically if one didn't move they were not pursued. And naturally, since he knew about as much about dinosaurs as he did about human interaction he felt the analogy was applicable. Meep.
Oh was Ms. Odessa telling him something? Yes, she was. Social conventions dictated that he had to listen and be attentive during conversation. Even in the depths of his anxiety, "I-I know..." BUG EYES. And he did not want people to look at him more. It was at times like these he wished he had a shell to retreat into. Skin was hardly serviceable.
Dragging his feet along the floor with squeaky shoes, he began to inch forward.
"You're doing fine," Aspen smiled at him encouragingly. "It's only thirty-seven steps from here 'til your seated. You can make thirty-seven steps. Big steps though, not shuffling."
She didn't know if it was really thirty-seven steps to the seating area, but if she got him thirty-seven steps in, then she could probably convince of him anything, right?
"One..." she began for him... One... one step, one REAL step, Ferris... |