"Rebecca" wrote

Aunti Mabel notes the soft breeze and that the Sweet William occasionally
moves, but not quite in tandem. Having 13 generations of pups, she's
familiar with them playing under bushes. She padds up softly then peers
into the planter. Grinning, she wags her tail but says nothing.

She's not sure but she thinks she saw a little green something curled about
a little mound with flowers? The flowers seemed to be moving a little?

Yawning, she decides it's time for a nap in the sun. She selects a long
soft lounge mat among 4 set in a sort of square with a low table set in the
center. A sweet little persian in the ship's livery takes her order for a
large bowl of water with lots of ice and a smaller bowl of mixed dried duck
and niboshi. A smaller bowl of fresh steamed green beans tossed in a little
duck fat completes the table. Big enough for any guests who may visit.

Circling a few times to get the mat just right, she settles in and soon she
joins the snoring purring kittahs about her, with her soft whuffs as she
chases foxes and deer in her dreams, her little feet twitching as she flies
over fields like the young hunter she once was.



[Strolling on the deck, Rebecca sees something strange and goes to report
it to Trudi.]

Trudi, kan yoo kum up to da dek an luk at sumfing? Iz plantz suppozed to
moov by dereselvez?

trudi walks by and hearing talk of butter and duck stops... she greets
her freinds... but something is diffurint onna dek... she is not sure
what... but sumfin iz gonna happin... she skuses hersef to go to her
statrumta think, what wuz dat smell she smelled... she decides to take a
nap and see ifin herown dreamself can figure it owt.

Nearby, unheard, a slight shivver shakes a Sweet William plant in a
planter off to the side. One small flower and a budding new leaf is
missing but no one notices as Silina, a harmless smaller relative of the
common garden snake has breakfast. Technically she lays eggs but they
are almost ready to hatch. She muses that 30% of the other snakes lay
live babies but she has to wait a day or so.