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Charlie smiled as Zodiac told her about how Ginny had gone and totaled her toy in under a day, she could see that, the cat going to tone on the thing, fabric and fake mouse tail flying all over the place while the little motor's gears ground together because of the strength of the feline. It only gave her a glimpse of what Morpheus would be like in a short time. As it was, she could already began it see how he was. He even knew how to open tops on her cupcake container and some how had managed to find a way into a bag of sweet rolls that she kept for days when she remembered to eat. Now that she was technically dead, she didn't think she could die of eating too many sweets.

She shook herself out of her thoughts as Zo went on to tell her that she could help with the harness and picked up Mini-Ginny to show how she would go about getting it on. Charlie could understand the fact of using a dog harness because dogs were a bit stronger when it came to certain things, of course, she wouldn't say that out loud, she was sure that would cause both kitten and mother to show her just how strong they were. It was something that happened from time to time whenever Rhett mentioned something about dogs being superior to cats, Morpheus would always find a way to pay him back. The last time had been climbing him instead of his castle to get to the top of the large cat condo.

She watched Mini-Ginny flop on her side once the harness was on and laughed a little "Well if Morpheus does that, it's going to be a little hard to walk him unless i put him on a skateboard first." She teased, as she looked between kitten and mother and then back to Zodiac before answering her "And I am a fan of blue, bright blues, light blues, blues that could wake the dead..." She said with a little bit of a laugh as she reached out and gave the kitten a little scratch on the top of her head before letting her eyes go over the harness again, seeing ever detail of it before smiling and going back to scratching the little kitten's head gently.

Charlie smiled as she looked from Mini-Ginny to her mother and then back to Zodiac. The woman was actually very nice and that was something that allowed Charlie to relax greatly, she rubbed the kitten's head once more then moved her hands over the many blue harnesses that Zo pulled out for her to see. Charlie let out a little laugh as she saw the one that looked like it came out of the movie Tron and shook her head for a moment. There was no denying that she was a nerd, she loved every type of nerd movie there was, especially if it had to do with computers or hacking or any sort of hi-jinx like that.

Running her finger tips over the harnesses, she picked up one of the metallic ones and felt the fabric both inside and outside before she returned her eyes to Zo who was still explaining about how the harnesses were great for extensive use which would be a good thing if she took the kitten out with her. It was something that she would have to work on because in here place, if one took their cat outside, it would probably freeze or fall into the ocean or something. That was one bad thing about living in a port island. She shook herself out of her thoughts, feeling the pull of knowing that her parents were worried about her and the sadness that created before it could really take hold.

"Well the best I can do is just introduce him to it and see how he takes to it, if he seems to enjoy it I'll have to break myself out of the whole 'cats shouldn't ever be outside' thing." She said with a soft laugh "It's still odd to me. Maybe start with just a walk around my building first." She said with a soft voice, her fingers still rubbing the metallic fabric of the harness she held currently. "I think I'll take..." She was cut off by the sound of the other girl that worked in the store talking and noticed that the kitten was gone. "Boy, they are good at vanishing aren't they?" She said with a laugh and then decided to continue with her first thought.

"I'll take this one and the Tron one. It's just too nerdy for me not to take it. I mean, it practically screams my name." She said with a laugh and pulled out a pair of glasses that she kept in her bag, putting them on. They were the classic black frame but ever since she had been turned she had regular glass put in instead of actual lens, she didn't need them for sight anymore. "See?"

Charlie gave a soft laugh, nodding in agreement to Zo about the nerds letting the 'cool' people think they were in control when really it was the nerds like herself that ran the world in truth. She smirked at that for a moment before bringing her attention once more to Zodiac as she pulled out glasses as well. "Getting older? What are you? 20?" She said with a playful tone to her voice, the woman looked far too young to be worrying about looking 'older'. In her case, she still sort of saw her glasses as a safety blanket, it was something from her old life as a human and didn't feel right without them ninety percent of the time.

She smiled a bit more as the bag was brought out, the bright purple font clearly something to draw the eye, of course, with her, drawing the eye was usually not a problem. One reason why she always had her glasses on, with glasses, it would be hard to believe she was a vampire. Yes, she was pale, but it was Canada, plus she had originally been from Maine, people were pale there. Still, she attracted people, so she had to be careful at times, though recently she had been more or less coped up in her apartment hacking while Tempy did all the heavy lifting so to speak.

Again her attention was brought front and center as Zodiac gave her first a discount for being Morpheus' mama and then went on to give her advice about getting him used to the idea of the harness and the leash. In truth, she agreed with what the woman had to tell her, she probably would never actually try to pull Morpheus in any direction, she saw it more as just keeping him from doing something stupid like jumping off the wrong thing or running into the street or getting in trouble if he got spooked. But the idea of the light-board and the making the sound effects for it made her laugh lightly once again and she nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure I would... so I would probably just put the sounds on my phone then let it play that way." She said with another small laugh.

"I'm loving it so far, my roommate on the other hand, he swears he's aged 10 years since I got the 'wicked ball of fluff'." She said, making the air quotes with her fingers and then reached into her bag to grab her wallet, pulling out the debit card so that she could pay for the things she was getting, holding it out for Zodiac to take and run.

Charlie nodded as Zodiac explained about her clients and how she was getting used to the idea of wearing the glasses so that she could pass off the idea of aging to the humans. It made sense and who was Charlie to try to sell her on anything different, but at the same time Zodiac was so young, as young as her. She smiled a bit as she absentmindedly ran her hand along the tank, feeling the texture of the cardboard that the little vehicle was made of. She smiled a bit as she talked about getting more flamboyant frames and nodded "With your love of cats, you should probably look into getting the cat eye frames. They would be vintage now." She said with a light laugh "Being that they were so popular in the 60's." She tacked on before once again falling silent.

A soft smile stay on her face as Zodiac gave her her thoughts on the things that were happening between Rhett and Morpheus. And she was sure that the kitten liked him as much as her, as much as he loved to lay on or near him. Rhett did need to take a chill pill some of the time, but she had a feeling that he was either raised around dogs, or not raised with animals at all. Probably more the latter, given the way he was the first few days, but she could see that he was getting used to him, even having a bit of fun with him with a laser pointer, sending little Morpheus this way and that, nearly climbing the walls and anything else he could to reach that red dot of doom. She was still thinking about the trouble that Rhett and Morph could get into with that little toy as she typed in her pin and then relaxed back a bit.

As she took back her card and the receipt, sticking both into her wallet at the same time she smiled and arched a brow, "Hang out? Aren't you working?" She asked with a teasing tone before she continued on "I'm sure Rhett was just one of those poor deprived children that were not raised with pets, and I also think Morpheus knows that he is pushing my roommate's buttons. It's like that alone is amusement that only the red dot of doom can beat." She said with a laugh, easing the bag off the counter and then glancing to the bottles for a moment before glancing back to Zodiac "I may still need to be back for that potion of yours if Rhett has a mental breakdown. But there is one thing i am a little curious about. you said you tell fortunes, how does that work? I've never actually had one or seen someone who has had one."

Charlie let out another soft laugh at the woman as she told her to look at her, that she was vintage. Charlie did take a good look at the woman before her, and though they were probably about the same age physically, Zodiac was clearly older mentally as well as within their world. Yet, to Charlie, as she looked at Zodiac, didn't see her as 'vintage' per-say. The word that came to her mind first was hippy, but then who was she to judge who was a hippy because she saw herself as a hippy, a hippy of the joint kind, but a hippy none the less.

She was pulled out of her thoughts as Zodiac joked about the lack of customers then went on to tell her that she was inviting her to stay. Charlie smiled and nodded to Zodiac, the woman was interesting to say the least, the things she knew, the way she was. And Charlie was finding herself relaxing more and more, as they talked about the kittens and Ginny, the red dot of doom. Yes, Charlie still remembered the woman before her attacking her with that group, but Zo hadn't even attempted to be mean or rude in any way, so Charlie was always willing to give people that deserved it a second chance, even if she had the image so clearly printed in her mind.

Charlie pulled herself out of the past, there really was no reason to even think back to it, but that was the problem with photographic memory, The sound of the bell inside the ball made the past vanish and she smiled a bit as she watched the cat go for it as if it were filled with catnip. It made Charlie smile for a bit more, watching the kitten jump and run and play, it made it easy to switch her attention back to the woman before her as she leaned against the counter and then motioned for her to follow and follow she did, listening to everything that Zo told her about the cards, the layout, how each picture meant something different.

The idea of the death card actually meaning death, or rather not death but an ending. She nodded at points, not wanting interrupt what she was saying and waiting for a good time to jump in. She glanced around for a moment until the woman fell silent and then Charlie smiled, to the woman "How much is it for a reading?"