Boobies.
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Fisher was trying to puzzle out why he was so terrified of the gun - D'Angelo's, he knew. He had never feared any gun in his life, save for Roland's and this one. He had been shot at countless times... and something told him that if D'Angelo were to weild this gun himself, it would essentially be effective as a water pistol. But in the boy's hands, it was a true danger to him....
Dave, meanwhile, was startled by the cat, which had magically appeared on his shoulder. In his surprise, he almost did drop the gun. But, seeing the cat do this jogged his memory, and he knew it was Akky.
And, crazily, he remembered a trick Kix had used to distract him once, a long while back, just before Akky met Art.
"Hey, look!" Dave said, pointing with his other hand off towards the mountain. "That's gotta be the biggest, plumpest mouse I've ever seen!"
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Art shrugged. "I don't know, Kix. Whoever it was is a sneaky asshole, that's for sure. To get in here without waking a single one of us ... urgh!"
Blaze and Streak exchanged knowing looks. No one had been there all night. Had someone come by, they both would have woke up.
Streak: "I think I'll hang out here. We don't know how they'll react to someone like me out on the streets, in a car or not."
Blaze: "But still, how are you gonna find the guy who ... uh, 'took' your gun? Gonna ask random people?"
Art shrugged. "I don't know about that. But I do know that if someone steals something like a gun, the first thing on their mind is probably to sell it. So I'll find a pawn shop or a trading post or something and take a look around." He looked back at Kaira. "After I drop you off."
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