[Penelope extends a hand, offering it to her friend to aid in mounting. And once the woman is onboard, she squeezes her knees against the squirrel's sides and it takes off...]
[Ilia hangs on for dear life, not exactly accustomed to riding on the back of a squirrel. Too bad she doesn't talk to her family, because this would have been the subject of a very interesting phone call.]
I didn't even know squirrels were tame-able. Like, they look at you with those little beady eyes of theirs and you know they're plotting humanity's downfall. Like cats, but smaller and far less cute.
[It's a little more challenging somehow, navigating the place when the world is suddenly so much larger. She has to think for a moment before she points.]
Borrowers Event, May 2017
Ilya
Don't mention it. Better to get you out of here!
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How'd you manage to wrangle one of these anyway?
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[Laughing as they go!!!!!]
With a rope, food, and patience. Also, I mean, I feed the ones that live outside my apartment. They're not afraid of me or anything.
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[Stroking the squirrel's head, she spurs it onward!]
This guy's pretty okay. And he's earned a treat.
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[Or it'd be a fun conversation to have at an interview, at any rate.]
Where are we headed?
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That way. About eight blocks down.