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Aaron sle for weeks, and then it just popped into histhat had happened with Secretary, hewrong It was his fault, not hers

He took a length of vine and fixed her tail, ether like before, with only a small fraction of the anxiety this time

The panther screeched in appreciation Aaron bent down so his face aligned with hers Her fangs glistened

"You’re so sht?" He tapped a finger nervously on his knee, debating what to do Finally, he just decided to explain it, wanting the rock to hear as well

"I have two tricks I’d like to teach you, Panther," he said "The first one is called down When I say ‘down,’ I want you to sit next toaround you"

The panther lunged, licking Aaron with her cold stone tongue and knocking hi up "Do you understand hly doubt it," he said "But you will"

The panther panted and screamed

"She understands But that doesn’t mean she’ll do it" The rock moved a few feet closer "That’s the reason she’s here, you know What’s the second trick?" he asked

Aaron looked up "I’ in Artimé, my rocky friend The second trick I need to teach the panther is called attack"

The rock’s eyes drew closer together in concern "Are you sure that’s a good idea?" it growled

"No, I’ he was being today "But to be honest, it’s the only hope I have"

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