"Say, would you like to have lunch with me?" Pauline asks. "That would be great." you answer. She nods with a smile and proceeds to carry you off. She passes by your vampire server and taps her on the shoulder. "This human will be eating with me, so don't worry about taking his order." she says. The vampire nods and continues her work. Pauline carries you toward the back of the restaurant and enters a room that appears to be her office. "We'll be eating in here if thats okay." she tells you. "Sounds good." you say. "Its like getting the VIP treatment." She scratches your head and chuckles. "Well you are my favorite little human." she says. She then sets you down her desk and starts to head back out. "I'm having dinosaur lasagna. Is that okay with you?" she asks. "Yeah, I was planning on having dinosaur anyway." you tell her and she exits to get the food.
While Pauline is gone you look around the office. Its pretty typical, with lots of documents and some file cabinets. She must handle a lot of paperwork. On the same desk as you is a framed picture of Pauline with another Nemean lion, this one with white fur and just as big as her. You wonder which of her relatives it is. You know she has a cousin in Dreadberry serving as the sheriff. You also know that her cousin's also married to a human. It makes you feel good that even outside Scream Town there are monsters living in peace with humans. You imagine he's not as safe as he would be here though. There's another picture with lots of monsters in it, all of them different kinds of cats. It must be her family. There are Nemean lions, manticores, splintercats, hellcats, cait siths, and even a mer-lion or two.
As you scan the room the door opens and Pauline enters with a large plate. She places it on a table nearby and moves you to the table as well. On the plate is a rather large helping of lasagna. It looks just like human food, but its got dinosaur in it instead of beef. Pauline sits down and cuts off a small piece for you and provides you with human sized utensils. "Dig in." she says with a smile. You start eating and look up at her. "Awesome as always." you tell her. "Your place has the best food." She answers after swallowing her own bite of food. "Thanks, and I gotta say thanks for staying put. We don't want you getting lost and ending up under my rump again." she says. "That sure was a strange first impression." You grin up at her. "Well its a fantastic rump." you say, which is true.
"So I noticed the pictures on your desk. Is that your family?" you ask. "Oh yeah." she answers. "Pretty big group of cats huh? I'm lucky enough to be one of the Nemean lions of the family. It comes in handy being pretty much invulnerable." You continue to eat as she talks. "I think the only non-cat is my cousin Maggie's husband Neil. Maggie is the white lion in the photo over there." You thought so. "Do they have any trouble in Dreadberry being a couple?" you ask. "Not really. Maggie is the sheriff so that helps. I do know that lots of monsters there would love to eat him though. Maggie's mom doesn't like him at all either." Pauline says. The two of you keep talking and then...
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