ORIGIN

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It seemed like Kerberos was mostly happy with the effect that tossing the bit of rat towards Bones had. Sure, one of his heads was upset, but as he laid down and waited for the painted dog to finish his meal, crimson-nose snatched up a nearby bone and began to chomp at it... dry as it was.

As Bones began to groom himself, however, the rather messy puppy took notice. What was he doing? Licking himself like that... Curious, the two heads that weren't enjoying a bone snack began to groom one another. Sure, he licked himself sometimes, but cleanliness wasn't something the pup had ever paid attention to but seeing Bones do it, well... Monkey see monkey do!

Or doggie do.

"You caught it! Thank you!" He argued, flashing a rather accidentally frightening grin. His tail started to wag wildly as the pup started to treat him less like something to be frightened by and more like a fellow friend.

Of course, the only natural response the dog could have when Bones cautiously approached to give him a friendly lick was to rise to his paws and attack! With his tongues. Even the grumpy head joined in, and soon all three tongues were slobbering all over Bones.

@Bones

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Kerberos had a pause at the question. Again. Why did everyone wonder if he was three things? He was all just one. He knew he was. And yet, and yet... "I am Kerberos," he answered, his tone soft. At this, he paused, sharing looks with himself. It was complicated for him. He was one, yet sometimes his brains would clash.

And then, in a moment of confusion, all three heads barked sharply at once: "δκαεέρξνιιτσάρτοερά!"

Shyly, the puppy took a step back, looking quite embarrassed with himself. "I... I'm sorry." Bones looked like he had huge, sensitive ears, but that was only half the reason he apologized.

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Kerberos didn't know what to think. Despite having three heads all capable of thinking on his own, the big dumb mutt just stood there dumbstruck at his own actions. What even was that? None of the heads could understand what the others had said, since they had all spoke at the same time. Each head couldn't even remember, really, what it had said on its own.

The painted dog seemed quick to reassure him though. With three on-point licks and a gentle, calm sentence, the puppy nodded and laid back down. Exhaustion fell over the hound in one full wave and he plopped his heads down on the bones, looking up at Bones with pitiful gazes in his pink eyes.

"Okay," he whined softly. "Tired... Need to understand better." He sounded half asleep already, as he stared up, blinking eyes turning droopy. One question had been enough to take the hyper dog into a sleepy pile. "Bones can sleep here too, if he wants," he tagged on as he began to yawn, barely awake, mostly talking to himself. "Bones is warm... Cuddly..." "Good friend... Strong teeth..."

kerb exit/end so we can start a new thread? <3