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Death is sitting at the bar, eating a curry.

Delicious curry.

Now Jocundus is jumping up and down trying to get the leg.

The Fool is about to tumble off his seat in laughter.

Nope.

There he goes with a startled squawk.

It's alright, Death is very patient.

He keeps his legs out of the dog's way and looks over at his owner.

Is this yours?

"Yes. He is." The Fool's hat has fallen over his face so his voice is muffled for a moment. But he manages to sit up and shove the hat up so he can see. His eyes glow briefly in the shadow of his face.

Would you like to take him away?

"But he looks so HAPPY! there. I couldn't do that to him."

No. Because only a Fool messes around with Death.

That's my leg.

And really, the option is that Death calls him off himself. And that would be even worse.

He considers this for a moment. He's danced with Death before... well poked it. If not this Death... but sometimes you have to know when to back off. Even fools know that.

Which is why he gives a short whistle and the puppy gives the leg a longing look but trots over to his master and flop next to him. He has an exceptionally forlorn look on his little puppy face. SAD PUPPY.

The Fool gives Death a look of 'see what you did' but there's also a hint of laughter about his mouth and definitely in his eyes.

Thank you.

Death would return the look, but... Death doesn't have a good face for facial expressions.

And then because he has the attention span of a gnat sometimes the Fool gets back up onto his chair and says, "I've not seen you before. I've seen Death before but not you. Your version of you."

The thing about the dog and leg bones appears to have been utterly forgotten with this new, more interesting subject.

Though I have met many fools, Death says, this is my first time meeting you.

"I'm not just any fool. I'm the Fool," he says as a mater of professional and identifying pride.

He then points to the puppy. "And that's Jocundus."

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