The rustling, as it came into view, seemed to be in a rather similar situation to the spider had been. A small kitten with a small arm-full of wild plants was padding forward on the remaining three, leaning to the ground to search for the next weed to collect as his tail slowly wagged behind him. It took the little boy a few moments after he must have been seen before he finally saw Piper back.
“Oh!” He said, audibly surprised before he thought to politely smile, a mouth full of unsharpened human-ish teeth that looked positively average. “Howdy, I didn’t see you there!” It took him another instant to realize the spider, while not seeming particularly unfriendly to the kitten, didn’t look to be in a good mood either. “Gosh, are you alright? You look spooked! Uh, I’m not an unlucky cursing kind of black cat, I promise! My name’s Blackie, and it’s nice to meet you!”
He offered the unburdened front paw, really just a black cartoon hand like anyone else’s rather than being catlike, to Piper along with offering him a friendly grin. He adjusted his load of plants in the other arm, the jostling making it more obvious they sure weren’t the cheerful-looking flowers that grew out in the direct sunlight; it was a collection of uncommonly-seen greens, mushrooms or some other not-quite-plants, and unpleasant-looking pokey things, none of which looked entirely safe to mess with going by first impressions. A burr from something was also caught on the cat’s bowtie, while the cat’s own sunny demeanor seemed not to realize anything wrong with carrying all those thorns.
“Do you need any help, mister spider?” He asked, adding that question in before actually having waited long enough for Piper to react to the first things he’d said.
Landing a bit unceremoniously, Piper somehow managed to keep hold of the flowers he had collected, but he wound up landing flat on his back. He squeaked loudly as his many legs splayed and flailed about until he could get back onto his feet. Glancing to the cat he wound up hiding behind his boxing gloves, his eyes just visible through the stems of the flowers.
“Um... Uh...” he managed to murmur when the feline spoke up. The other had continued before Piper could even respond, leaving him feeling a little confused. His eyes shifted from the offered paw to the plants that Blackie held in the other arm. He had seen some weird plants while looking for tasty treats, but he had never seen anything like those...! They didn’t look particularly good to eat, anyway...
Shifting on his back legs, Piper finally managed to wrack up the courage to extend one of his free hands out to shake the paw of this mysterious cat. He hesitated, and his little hand shook, but he did eventually take Blackie’s paw to give it a little shake.
“Mmm... I’m... I’m Pi-Piper,” he squeaked, “D-d-didn’t kno... Know b-black cats w-w-were u-un-un-unlucky,” the spider stammered timidly, “B-but s-s-some people are af-f-fraid of me, t-t-too.” he smiled weakly, though it was hard to see with his gloves in the way.
“Um... Uh... I’m... I’m lo-los-lost...”
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