I was reading a fanfiction story (oh so childish) about a corny fairly underweight and with a severe case of touch starvation that finds a good owner and is extra-cuddly with her, and I was wondering if you have a similar corny with you, who I could adopt and cuddle to both of our heart's content.
(Fanfiction is where people go when they love something so much that they want more of it. Fanfiction scratches the itch of all of our "what if" questions. Fanfiction knows no age.)
*Vex is doing her morning rounds at the Lamia (and Felid) Bittybones Adoption Center when she spots a crowd of Cornies near the front door. She approaches them only to discover that they are attempting to feed their snack stash to an extremely underweight, barely conscious Corny. When Vex reaches out to the lamia to check on him, he uses the last of his strength to latch onto her wrist.
*Vex barely notices customers coming and going from the shop. She is focused on the Corny, helping him to eat and comforting him from his trauma, which he isn't yet ready to talk about. He hasn't loosened his grip on her wrist, not even to eat.
*You've already checked out the Corny nests, but the laidback lamias seem... well, they just seem like they don't need you. You just aren't feeling a connection, so you head to the front desk to see if the shop owner has a suggestion. You spot the skinny Corny wrapped around her wrist, and you reach towards the underfed lamia with a comforting touch.
* "This little dude looks like he could use a McNugget or three," you say softly, scritching the Corny under the chin. He moves so fast that you're sure he took a shortcut because now he's clinging to your wrist like a living bracelet. You have a sneaking suspicion that he'd simply dodge if you tried to remove him, so you ask for an adoption form instead.