It took Bowyetta a moment to realize that she was staring. “Oh!
Excuse Bowyetta, she was only wanting to watch.” She looked pensive for a
moment, then her usual smile returned. “Bowyetta is very much liking
fire, yes she is. It is reminding Bowyetta of her home. Bowyetta could
returning if she was wanting to, but…” Her smile disappeared again. “Are
you knowing what Smithy does to defectives like Bowyetta herself? He is
throwing us back into the furnace. And you know what that would be
meaning for Bowyetta? …It is nothing. He cannot be causing harm to
Bowyetta here. Perhaps Bowyetta is just needing of something to cheering
her up.”

At that moment, a loud banging noise could be heard
outside the house. Beepsumu stuck her cube-head out from the kitchen.
“What in the world…?”

A teal-colored dog and the red-haired girl
from before burst in through the door. “Toons Of The World, behold! I
have returned… WITH THE GIRL!”

“Oh.”

The Repairman didn’t have a concept of death. To him, unless it was Dip or something, a character could always bounce back when the story’s done. There was always a way…

But for someone to be recycled didn’t seem fair, nonetheless. At least she didn’t have to worry about that here.

“Well, if you want me to keep using the blo–”

And then there was a knock on the door. Who could that be? Yeah, this was an…interesting living situation, and yes, the Repairman came here too, but just how many visitors can this house get…?

And then the door opened, and the Repairman saw what looked like the same person from before (Bonkakira, maybe..?), along with…a dog from ToonTown Online/Rewritten/Offline/whatever-the-kids-call-it? Huh.

As the dog spoke, the Repairman couldn’t help but feel a bit of deja vu. He’d heard those inflections before…But that could wait. The inkblot had business at hand.

“Um, are you Bonkakira…?” he asked, looking at the redhead. “I heard about an issue here…”