All cats have claws.

Hal Garninger, 27, feline physiology. What is to be said of one who lives an existence of man and feline the same? While Hal is sly as a house cat, domestic could hardly be tagged to his name. With claws brandished like tigers' and a voice bold as panthers' purr and roar. As far as catty companions go, one could not ask for more. - Sarah

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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Oui, oui. Of course you just have no idea. 

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Cheeky, aren't you?

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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I see. A profession. Well, I’m still impressed.

By both your profession and your ability to fake modesty so well. 

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My ability to fake modesty? I do not know what your talking about.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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A successful businessman, hm? Well that does sound very impressive. 

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Ah, well, it's just a profession.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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Oh, non. You were a heartbreaker, and now you’d make a good husband. 

But in any case, I think my mother expected me to be with some older man who would go prematurely bald and work as an accountant. Nothing like you. 

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I sound much more exciting. I could pretend to be an accountant, but as a successful business man that seems a little degrading.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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Mm, well, that somehow doesn’t surprise me. 

My mother would fall in a dead faint if she knew I was with such a heartbreaker. 

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A heartbreaker? I'd be a good husband, but I'm a heartbreaker? Those two don't seem compatible.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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You’d make a very successful husband, you know that? Yes, dear. Of course, dear. Whatever you say, my love. 

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Well, I can honestly say that's a first.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

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Hush up, you. They’re a lot more accurate than the weathermen around here.

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Whatever you say, my love.

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I've been told it's going to be a long winter.

Well… my source of information is… birds. But all the same. 

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You're weird.

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This is a first.

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Aw, Hal. C’mon, it would be great. You’d look very handsome.

I was an angel this year, remember? Cliches are fun. S’il vous plait? 

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Ah, that's not fair... Don't speak French, you're even more charming when you speak French.

Alright, fine. Fine.

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This is a first.

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There’s always next Halloween.

Draw you on some whiskers, find you proper cat ears and a tail… 

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Yeah. Maybe not. Let's not do that.

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This is a first.

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I don’t know… I’m of the opinion you could pull just about anything off.

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Hopefully we'll never have to find out if I can or can't.

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This is a first.

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But it would be funny.

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I disagree. I can pull a lot of things of, but a tail...

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This is a first.

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I… I’m glad. 

Oh, you with a tail. Imagine that. Merry Christmas, Hal. 

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I'd rather not.

Merry Christmas, Kit. [smiles]

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This is a first.

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I… if you’re sure.

[takes a crumpled envelope from her pocket, and opens it. She lifts a silver chain from the paper fold, on the end of it a long, stark white feather. It’s clearly one from her own wings] It’s… nothing really. But I felt bad. 

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I love it... Really. Thank you.

I don't have a bushy tail to give you a hair from... And that wouldn't be as lovely as one of your feathers. [laughs softly] Thank you.

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This is a first.

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I do have… well, something. But it’s not much of anything. If you’d like it.

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I'm sure I'll love it.

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This is a first.

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I’m… I’m sorry about not having a proper present, Hal… I feel terrible.

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Don't, it's not your fault. I don't have on either. I never celebrate Christmas anyway, so it's not a problem at all.

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This is a first.

I’ve never really had a Christmas that… doesn’t feel anything like Christmas.

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It's not a very festive Christmas, no...