"Do I look stupid?" Roberto asked. "You're FBI. You have no authority over this company. I follow the news. You're just here to make sure they aren't doing exactly the thing you're threatening. Poor little Panther mama's got no claws, here."
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Katie flew into a desperate fury. "How can you say she's pregnant when she's only been female for a day! That shouldn't be medically possible without some kind of... of hyper-fertility tampering like those does got! And even then the berries put a stop to things after only a day!"
"I'm sorry Katie," Irene said in her usual calm fashion, "but I'm not going to deny a new life just to prove to you how happy I am like this. You must know that's not something you could ask me to do."
Katie was clearly flustered. "There are other options! I mean, fertility clinics do it all the time! Just, freezing embryos for transplants, right?"
"Well, now you just aren't making any sense. If we humored your suggestion, and it turned out I really was under some sort of hormonal mind control or whatever you think is responsible for me finding my real self, what would happen to the baby then?"
"There's surrogates! I'm sure any horse woman could carry it, all that's different is the wings! Just... just ask around for a vollunteer! If it meant getting Harry back I'd do it myself! Just, just please!" Katie fell to her knees, begging that somehow things just be set right again.
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Jessica had no idea what to make of all this news from the park. It wasn't exactly getting national coverage yet, but once she knew what to search for, she found quite a few local headlines, and amateur footage of what had been happening at the park. She couldn't just drop everything and rush down though, she had too many responsibilities here. Hopefully things would hold together enough for another week or so when she managed to book her flight.
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Wendy on the other hand was as deeply immersed in things as any civilian outside of the park could get. A serial killer, some massive corporate scandal, company executives disappearing, even the crazy rumors about human bird hybrids being seen by people all over the state, and fishermen talking about mermaids. She'd been doing her best to record and compile it all.
"Think Terry's OK with all this going on?" Chuck asked.
"She's fine," Wendy replied, still shocked by how clearly that was currently so clearly the pronoun to use. "The rabbits all have their own little community set up away from everything else."
"Well sure, but this is Terry we're talking about. You know how he always insists on shoving his face into things like this. And we might not even be able to check in again in a week. Security really seems to be tightened up."
"Hmm... is it we now? Planning to tag along this time? I doubt they'll just shut the whole place down for that long. Who knows, with all this investigating the FBI is doing, they might appreciate having a camera crew in there to document things."
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Agent Sherman frowned when he stepped back into the changing room and looked at the clothes he'd been wearing. While he was already starting to take a weird sort of pride in his new porcine body, the suit he'd been borrowing from Dan wouldn't exactly fit it. Granted, he'd have to return that soon enough. He was half tempted to just strut out naked. Everyone else around here was doing it after all. Of course, the FBI had a stricter dress code than the park, and he didn't exactly have fur hiding his equipment like he had when he'd come in. Let'em look for now, he eventually decided. Dignity was an odd thing to worry about as a pig, and it'd probably cut back on how many cracks he was going to put up with about being a cop in law enforcement. Besides, when the other agents saw him like this, they might be motivated to work a little harder on solving the problem of his assets being tied up. Aside from a suit that fit and his own motel room, he still needed a new phone. The aftermath of that fire still needed checking in on.
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Tran lost sight of Mark as they weaved through the trees, but heard the frantic squawking the came with her capture. Just him alone now no Mark by himself gotta keep moving gotta get away can't get caught can't slow down drop the case faster without it can't get caught can't get caught just keep flying can't get caught!