I woke in a bed. I was sure it was Al's but he wasn't sleeping.
He was just sitting there, holding me and petting me.
I yawned. No wonder I had slept so well.
Ed was asleep in the other bed.
I looked up at Al. Did he always spend the nights alone?
I scurried up and looked in his eyes.
"You hungry?" He asked me.
He held out some candy for me and I scarfed it up and then looked at him expectantly.
Al chuckled. "Still hungry?"
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Al was in the kitchen of the barracks, trying to finagle something for the fox (and Ed) to eat. He figured fish would be best.
She'd like that right? Foxes liked fish. Ed liked fish too.
The fox came in and sniffed everything. She found the plate for Ed and ate it all, then went to the other plate and ate all that too.
"Whoa!" Al said. "You were hungry!"
Al got to work making more food for his brother.
The fox got on his shoulders, curled up, and watched him intently.