Keep on Truckin’ || closed with simactire
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“Wow… is so big. Jack is big dog. Never see one so big before…” Jix said, marveling at Jack as he climbed into the truck. “But… Jix has not seen many dogs, so… maybe don’t know so well.” Jix watched him, smiling when the dog looked up at him. “Hi, Jack!” he said, waving to him. “Going to be friends. Go for ride in twuck. Is Jix’s first ride in twuck! First ever! So excited…” as if to emphasize and illustrate this fact, he kicked his roots with glee before gripping the back of the seat once more.
When the truck started to move, Jix could barely contain himself. “Wahhhhh! Is moving! How work? How does twuck move like this?” He looked all around, trying to figure it out. “Sooo fast! Am fastest leafling in world right now! Weeeee!” he said, throwing up his arms, but then he lost his balance and gripped the seat again. “Whoops! Maybe should hold on,” he said, giggling.
“What are favorite littles? Ohhhh ummm… Don’t know. Im-gen ask hard question. Never thought about what little is tastiest, just that most are tasty. Hmm… ummm… I like rasplittles, because they’re sweet and juicy and they have tiny seeds that are fun to crunch in mouth. Blacklittles are good too, but… I think rasplittles are best. But I like strawlittles and bluelittles and hucklelittles and all sorts of littles. If favorite littles are not around, am happy to eat others. Except one time I ate some very bad littles and they made me sick. Were round and red. Tasted okay. But ohhh…. Jix got so sick. Never would eat those littles again.”
Imogen smiled as she drive, listening to the little leaf creature talk about his favorite berries. She could imagine what kind he ate that made him sick. “Sounds like you’ve got a lot of experience with... littles.” She admittedly had a bit of a freak out when Jix nearly fell, reaching back to check that he was still okay. “You gotta be careful little guy, if you fall I can’t help you till I pull over.”
Jack couldn’t seem to leave the leafling alone. He was constantly sniffing at him, and giving air licks, too afraid he might hurt Jix if he actually touched him. It was sweet, the way he whined at Gen like he wanted permission to touch the leafling, head turning from her to Jix constantly. “He really likes you.” Gen chuckled, “He won’t come near unless you say so. He is pretty big for a dog.”

























