Long overdue...

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Spider's missed this place... but sometimes absences just can't be helped. Stuff comes up, things happen... stubborn kids want to go out to lunch armed like they're going to raid the place...

They'd all needed some adjustment time.

But here he is, after about four months. And unlike most times, this time he's not alone. He usually picks a nice seat where he can see the view and orders the same grilled strawberry cream sandwich and hot cocoa... but this time he'll look around for a spot with enough room to accommodate the seven kids with him.

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"Thanks," Spider says, trying some of it... and sharing bits with any of the kids that look interested.

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Scrat's offering shares too, and now there's one of the little native wyverns over sitting on the bar and trying to look just as cute as he can to see if she can get a bit of the delicately flavoured and crispy threads.

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The two girls consider it for half a second before they start feeding the little wyvern. After all, some of this food isn't the sort they can stuff in pockets, and they're getting a bit full.

Feeding pets, however, attracts something that Spider had tried to leave to keep an eye on things on the ship. That's the problem with pets that have a mental link to their handlers... there's a pop of displaced air as a green fire lizard joins the wyvern.

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The wyvern squeaks with surprise, then makes a little chattering sound almost like laughter to the newcomer before opening his mouth again and begging for more threan.

Atin, meanwhile, is laughing. "Ooops."

And Scrat's wearing a little soup. The arriving lizard startled him since he hasn't got the mental early warning system that Atin does.

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The girls soon divide their attentions, with Elsae fussing over the wyvern while Eldewn feeds remnants from the cold plate to the little green fire lizard.

"I could get her to stay put when it was just us eating, but as soon as she knew there was a good chance of treats..," Spider says. "It's hard to keep a fire lizard away from food."