Seven was listening quietly as Sousuke read a story of a man named Sen to his human. He was feeling much more pleasant, now that the smelly human doctor had been dismissed. He laid on the ground of the room they occupied, taking up quiet a bit of room. Horse sized dogs would tend to do that, after all. He moved around as little as he could, so as not to knock anything over.
When Sousuke turned a few questions on him, Seven rose his large head. He saw Okibi give him a look, and in it the dog saw worry, as she knew almost exactly what it was Seven would have to answer with. The girl quietly took the book from Sousuke's lap, and pretended to read while Seven divulged his tale.
"I cannot trace myself and my roots any further back than the mother who gave birth to me and my six siblings." He started. His eyes took on a faraway look as he tried to remember what it was like to have brothers and sisters. They had all been so young at the time... "I am no more special than the next canine, except that I went through quite a bit in my younger years. Not long after we were born, a demented human 'doctor' took I and my siblings from our mother." He put emphasis on the word Doctor, as if the man he referred to could actually be called any such title. Seven swallowed audibly, and his face became pinched with pain. "He numbered us, One through Seven. I was the youngest you see. He did horrible things to us..."
Seven took a deep breath.
"None of my siblings were strong enough to make it through most of his demented experiments. Why I was, I still do not know." He stopped there for a moment, gathering himself. He didnt mention how he'd escaped the human doctors clutches only by killing the man... It'd been the only time he tasted human flesh, and he'd decided then and there he would never know human blood on his tongue again. With a loud sigh Seven returned focused glass eyes on Sousuke. "The way I look today can be entirely attributed to the 'Good Doctor's successes. Scars and all."
With that, Seven put his head back down on his paws, obviously bringing the story to an end.
Okibi paid no attention to the words on the page in front of her. She was much too engrossed with watching her mutant partner. Of course, she'd heard his story before, but never in such detail... She hadn't known he had brothers and sisters.
The momentary silence was interrupted when the door to their room opened and a very tall... woman walked through. Okibi rose an eyebrow and looked at the medic from over the edge of the book she held up to her nose. She'd never seen such a tall female before... At least, she was pretty sure the human was a female. Werent they normally much smaller, like herself, or Chiyoko? Okibi sniffed quietly from behind her book, and her other eyebrow rose to meet the other one at what she smelled. This woman smelled very faintly like... a man. Her eyebrows lowered in suspicion, even as the woman was greeting her kindly.
"Hi." Okibi said quickly before getting up to, One: Get out of the way and Two: Move closer to Seven. She sat beside the large dog on the ground, still holding the book in front of her. She leaned into Sevens side and growled quietly at him. "This woman smells funny. Can you smell it?" She asked Seven. Hopefully none of the others in the room could hear her, but even if they could, it wasnt like they would understand her. Almost imperceptibly, Seven nodded as he too was looking at the insanely tall, and lovely lady. The woman went about looking at Sousuke's mangled arm as yet another human entered the room.
Okibi watched curiously as a boy entered. He couldnt have been older than herself. They were practically the same size! How was a boy his age working in the hospital? Until then, all the workers she ever saw looked to be at the very least in their late teens.
Her curiosity quickly faded as the boy acknowledged both Sousuke and the unnamed Medic. But not her or Seven.
Okibi growled a little from behind her book as her eyebrows fell low again. How rude! At least the strange smelling, freakishly tall woman said hello! Didnt the boy had any manners? Why, she had a right mind to-
The bump of a cold nose on her temple kept Okibi from acting on any of the not-so-nice thoughts she was having. She turned her glare on Seven, who was shaking his head just slightly at her. With another growl, Okibi sunk lower on the ground and leaned further into Seven's side, still hiding half her face behind her book. All the while, her glare did not leave the face of the boy who did not greet her.
(Italics is beast speech. Hope you dont mind my assuming that Itami smells slightly like a man! I just figured, since she has man skin and man organs in her~ Lol)
