Snack Breaks are important
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Barbara knew about the cat and dog often seen in Gotham, they had a fanpage where photos of them got posted by gothamites. She also knew about the visit to Jason and Damian's insistence that the cat knew exactly what it did.
They were cute, a cat and a puppy, running around, letting children pet them sometimes. They were also in her clock tower right now.
The cat had somehow fallen through her ceiling and landed softly on her desk before it looked at her for a good minute. An ear flick and the cat jumped onto her lap, proceeded to curl into a perfect circle and purr away. Looking around slowly, she knew the dog had to be near, she saw the green puppy nosing for her snack.
"No, chocolate is bad for you. Let me get you something." She pulled the puppy away, the squirming dog seemed to decide he liked her when she held him to her chest. A few cold licks later Babs had finally found a way to have both the cat and the dog on her lap while she rolled over to the locked metal cabinet where she kept her own snacks as well as snacks for various animals Damian could and would bring over.
"Here, have a treat." As the dog licked her hand in thanks she saw it, the collar had a tag on it. Rolling so she would only have the wall in the background she snapped a photo of the two furry visitors, then carefully reached for the tag.
The dog let her, the cat watched her.
Cujo. Another picture, she uploaded both to the fansite.
I got two visitors late at night, Cujo wears a nametag!
Of course it was an account she had made specifically for the fansite, but she did update the batfiles as well. They had a name, a name with which they could search for the dogs owner.
Her com cracked to life. "Oracle! I'm en route to you, keep the POIs engaged with you!" Damian, they all knew she couldn't promise that.
"They got some treats and headscritches right now."
"They don't deserve treats for what they did!" He grumbled but Babs didn't particularly care, the two very cute pets on her lap kept her company as she did her nightly work.
Damian came in with the elevator, seeing the two pets purring and snoring on her lap.
"Batcat will need more training." Just as he took the first step into the room the cat's eyes snapped open, staring at him before it started stretching and jumping up, hitting Cujo in the face with its tail.
Cujo looked around before giving a small bark and running after the cat. Damian lunged at them, the two animals disappeared through the wall and Babs saved a new video on her phone.
"You try this every time and they always run, also Batcat?" Damian stood up, turned and scowled at Babs.
"It's a temporary name for now. I will pick a fitting name when I know the gender of it." A phone alert broke the silence and judgemental stare of Babs.
"Robin... do you have your civilian phone with you on patrol?" Damian fled, and when Babs looked into the fansite she saw a new photo. Apparently the cat and Cujo had gotten to Crime Alley in seconds, found Jason and decided he was a perfect perch.
The photo taken of Red Hood, head in his palms as a cat sat on his shoulder and a dog stood leaned up on his knee was very popular in Gotham, a new meme was born that night.
