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Temmie bounced along the street, enjoying the first bit of sunny weather there had been all week. The town's council laughed at first when she and Greater Dog visited with a proposal to draft trade agreements between the humans and the monsters, but their laughter gave way to raised eyebrows and nodding when she gave the same presentation she used for her senior thesis in business management. When she proposed to see which local businesses were willing to take on such a high-risk venture of interspecies business partnership, they agreed to hear of whatever progress she had made by the end of the month. She smiled to herself. Monster or human, no one could last long against sound fiscal action and dog residue-heavy portfolios.
She walked up to a bakery window and stood up, resting her front paws on the building to see if this was a potential business partner or a potential lunch provider when she saw a misshapen face behind her. She gasped and turned around, only to see some humans across the street taking pictures of her with their phones. She preferred to get to know humans who took her pictures, but when she saw the face remaining visible in the window, she knew that this took higher priority.
"Wwho r you," she asked, keeping her eyes on the face. She couldn't figure out who this face reminded her of.
"0x54 0x68 0x65 0x79 ... 0x64 0x69 0x64 0x6E 0x92 0x74 ... 0x6C 0x69 0x73 0x74 0x65 0x6E ... 0x74 0x6F ... 0x6D 0x65. ... 0x54 0x68 0x65 0x79 ... 0x70 0x72 0x6F 0x74 0x65 0x63 0x74 0x65 0x64... 0x68 0x65 0x72. ... 0x49 ... 0x77 0x69 0x6C 0x6C ... 0x73 0x74 0x6F 0x70 ... 0x74 0x68 0x65 0x6D," he said.
"wwho r you talkigg bou'," she asked. She didn't like this impolite stranger.
"0x53 0x61 0x6E 0x73. ... 0x50 0x61 0x70 0x79 0x72 0x75 0x73. ... 0x46 0x72 0x69 0x73 0x6B," he answered.
"you r dreatening my friends," she said, wishing she didn't understand his intentions.
"0x79 ... 0x77 0x69 0x6C 0x6C ... 0x73 0x74 0x6F 0x70 ... 0x74 0x68 0x65 ... 0x64 0x61 0x6E 0x67 0x65 0x72 ... 0x74 0x6F ... 0x74 0x69 0x6D 0x65," he said in defense.
"You will regret this," she snarled. The face became smaller as if retreating. She barked once, and the face disappeared completely. She pushed herself off the wall and continued walking to see if another business might offer an opportunity, lunch, or both.