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[prontissimo]

[ Chara's feeling is probably right on the money. ]

What? Cats eat fish. Massimo always gave Machiavelli fish. And I give Carlo fish.

[ But... he's suddenly doubting himself... Chara sounds like they know what they're talking about, too. ]

...Should I have been giving Carlo hamsters all this time...?

[corruptedsave]

Cats eat more than just fish, or rodents.

[Seriously, it's a good thing familiars are kind of autonomous or they'd be feeling sorry for Carlo.]

Cats hunt for their food, be it fish or rodents or even bugs. You don't need to give him anything, your familiar should be pretty good at finding food for itself after all.

[Like Chara does anything for their goat.]

[prontissimo]

Well, yeah, but when I'm cooking fish for me, I give him some. As a treat, y'know. Carlo does his own thing half the time. I mean, I don't want to feed him hamsters as a treat... Enrico's cute. Fish are just fish.

[corruptedsave]

You don't have to feed him hamsters. I'm just saying that because of how cats are that's probably why Carlo tried to eat Enrico.

[prontissimo]

[ Welp. That checks out. He lets out a dramatic sigh, and... not quite cusses, but uh, it sort of seems like it's meant to be. ]

Ahhh, sharks. Poor Enrico...

[ That is to say: "What have I done, I've doomed this hamster to a life of danger and fear." Should have listened to 'Bruno' saying this was a bad idea in the back of his mind at the pet fair... ]

[corruptedsave]

[Yeah with how Alberto says "sharks" it makes Chara wonder if the animal is some kind of sea monster curse word or something. It's getting filed away as that at least.]

Did you really consider your situation before you got the pets?

[prontissimo]

Of course I did!

[ He didn't. ]

I didn't want Carlo to be alone. And then the people at the pet fair said because of the disasters, these pets were all alone, too!

[ That was the extent of his consideration, though, really... The road to chaos is paved with good intentions, in Alberto's home. ]

[corruptedsave]

[Yeah, Chara is quickly figuring it out that Alberto doesn't really think things through.]

Yeah, but they'd be better off alone than with someone who can't properly care for them. S'why I haven't taken any of them.

[prontissimo]

I can properly care for them!! When Sofia comes back, I'll be a great conipitharius dad!

[corruptedsave]

Can you? She's run off, that's telling me you can't take care of them.

[prontissimo]

That was just an accident! I'm gonna find her! Then things will be fantastic!

[corruptedsave]

How does an animal run away by accident? They usually do that when they don't want to be somewhere.

[prontissimo]

No, no, no. It's not like that. I didn't think she wanted to be trapped inside all the time, so I wanted to take her outside. And she didn't seem to like being on her leash, either. Which makes sense, right?! Who would?! I mean, Machiavelli just follows Massimo around, so I thought Sofia would follow me around, too. But instead she just ran away and wouldn't come back! Then I lost sight of her... And I don't think she knows where to go to come back now...

[corruptedsave]

[... They sigh.]

It probably took a long time for Massimo to get Machiavelli to follow him around like that, and training too. So really maybe you should write this off as a loss and learn from it.

[prontissimo]

No! I'm not going to abandon her! I'm supposed to be her dad! I'm gonna find her and be the best compnagsathus dad ever!

[corruptedsave]

It's not abandoning when they run away, and right you're such a great dad. You didn't even know that cats will hunt rodents.

[prontissimo]

No, it is abandoning her if I don't try to find her and fix things! Same with Enrico! I need to at least try...! If I just give up— then I'd be the worst dad!

[corruptedsave]

Somethings can't be fixed by finding someone who doesn't want to be around you, you know?!

[They pause, and take a deep breath because they are getting worked up and that's not a good thing.]

And it's not giving up when you're in a situation you don't know how to handle.

[prontissimo]

I can learn how to handle it!

[ No deep breaths here, sorry, Chara. ]

[corruptedsave]

Really? Because it seems to me you don't like learning anything.

[prontissimo]

What?! I learn stuff all the time! I'm always learning! A-And I'll learn all about Sofia, too! And hamsters! Everything I need to know to be a good pet-dad!

[corruptedsave]

I dunno, the whole jumping off a cliff for fun thing doesn't sound too learned. And maybe you should learn how to care for pets before you take them.

[prontissimo]

You learn from experience! I can't learn how to take care of a pet without a pet to take care of...? And what do the cliffs have to do with anything?!

[corruptedsave]

You can read up on them, and ask people who probably know more than you about it first, duh. And the cliff thing shows you can't even take care of yourself.

[prontissimo]

Shut up! What do you know?! I've been taking care of myself for years! You just don't know how to have fun!

[ Oh, fuck. Wrong chord to strike. ]