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After leaving the park, Leo gets back into his conveniently tinted-windowed car. (Functional, but not conspicuously nice; this is Chicago.)

"Well," he says wryly, "that was fun."

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"Your world is terrifying and horrible," Milo observes.

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"Guns are not the best example of that, but that is entirely true!"

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"I definitely didn't mean to give the impression that guns were the most terrifying and horrible thing I've heard about since I got here. I think 'souls and people who lack them' takes that particular cake. Or maybe 'cats not being people'. There's a lot of competition for the title."

doing-the-right-thing

"Yeah, your talking cat is weird."

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An offended meow issues forth from beneath Milo's chair.

"She can hear you," Milo says redundantly. "Just imagine what it would be like if you traveled to a world where cats were people and humans weren't."

doing-the-right-thing

"Nonhuman humans: creepy but irrelevant. I mean, I've known cats who talked, but they were actually evil man-eating fairies, which I think overrides their catness."

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"Perfectly relevant to imagining how creepy this world is for Cath," says Milo.

doing-the-right-thing

"Sorry about that, then. I can introduce you to some of the less evil malks, if you like? I'm sure at least a few could get along with her."

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Cath pokes her head out from under the chair and addresses Harry with a polite meow.

"She says 'no, thank you'," translates Milo. "Evil man-eating fairies sound upsetting."

doing-the-right-thing

"Aw. Maybe I could get a few pixies to befriend her, there's no language barrier there at least."

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"Pixies?"

doing-the-right-thing

"Wee little faeries. They're not what you might call intellectual company, but they're fun to be around and they're generally well-intentioned. I have some contacts among them."

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"And there's no language barrier...?"

doing-the-right-thing

"Oh, yeah. Faeries don't really... have language. They just speak whatever language you're speaking, far as I can tell."

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"How convenient."

Cath meows a comment.

"Yes, she'd like to be introduced to some pixies if it's not too much trouble."

doing-the-right-thing

"Glad I could help. If you stop by later I'll order a pizza, we can summon a few, and she can hang out with them while we hang out with the rest of the pizza, how's that sound?"

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"And what is pizza?"

doing-the-right-thing

"Food of the gods. Bread, cheese, tomato sauce, toppings according to taste. You've never had pizza, of course you've never had pizza. This calls for immediate rectification."

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"I'll worry my friend if I don't wait for him, but if you want to feed your strange local food to the penniless otherworldly refugee on a slightly less-than-immediate schedule, feel free."

doing-the-right-thing

"Oh, sure. Pizza tonight is still pretty immediate."

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"Suits me, then. How shall I find you?"

doing-the-right-thing

"Oh! I've got-"

Harry fumbles in his pockets for his wallet and fumbles in his wallet for a business card, then scrawls an address on the back and hands it over. "Here you go. Your buddy can probably navigate if you haven't worked out streets yet."

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