Chapter 36

Happier thoughts for the next thirty-six hours. Happier thoughts.…Not those thoughts! Not those thoughts, damn it!

Fortunately the video game room was full of distractions. It was early, so there weren’t many people there, but Dazi was surprised to see a group of four fursuiters sitting around a TV and playing Mario Kart. What truly took him by surprise was that all four of them had taken the heads and front paws off their costumes. It made sense, but Dazi hadn’t seen anyone like that yet.

They found an arcade dance game set up and Kesi immediately challenged Kuhma to a best-two-out-of-three. Those two were always testing each other’s agility, both as humans and animals. They were mostly evenly matched, so Dazi whispered to Mateo that this was going to be fun to watch and stood where he could see them equally. Mateo stood next to him, close enough that Dazi half-expected Mateo to put an arm around his shoulders and was somewhat disappointed when he didn’t.