226 Vol. 4 pt. 29 Patch 5.0: Building a Town and a Harem (2/2)
Fenrir glares over at Oleander for corrupting Rock's innocence.
Oleander feels Fenrir's glare, looks over to see it, and has no idea why he's being glared at.
Fenrir sighs and says, ”Shogun, just treat her right and use some protection. Well… protection might be difficult since you're a fox and all that, but at least pull out.” He has no idea that he's making Shogun feel as awkward as any human child would being told by his girlfriend's dad to work on his pull-out game.
”I hope ya don't plan on tellin' all your kids to do it that way,” Tabitha tells Fenrir.
”Of course not. I don't plan on having kids who walk on four legs. They'll actually have flexible thumbs, so they'll be able to use condoms and birth control and all that.”
”What if they're born without flexible thumbs or are allergic to birth control?”
”Is – is… is that possible? Being born without flexible thumbs?”
”Oi, dog boy, if people can be born with two heads that have their own brains and personalities, why the heck couldn't they be born without workin' thumbs?”
”Wait… if somebody is born with two heads, how does dating work? What if they both date different people? Wouldn't they basically be cucking each other while also cheating on their own partners every time they have sex?”
”How the heck did we go from rocket towers to philosophical questions about conjoined twins? Ya know what, how the heck are you dating three different gals when you're this weird?”
”I still have no idea myself. I might actually be crazy and wrapped up in some sort of white suit and locked away in a mental hospital for all I know, because I can't even remember how I started dating them or why they'd date me in the first place.”
”Ya know how many men out there would kill to be in your shoes?”
”Probably not too many. These shoes aren't that comfortable.”
Fenrir looks down at Tabitha.
Tabitha looks up at Fenrir.
She's not impressed despite how proud he is of that.
”Anyways,” Tabitha says, ”I doubt any conjoined twins would date people who wouldn't basically consent to datin' both of them. It'd kind of be like a poly relationship, I figure.”
”Yeah, probably,” Fenrir agrees.
”And just for the record, since I feel a bit bad now even though I'm sure ya know I was just screwin' with ya, I don't think you're that weird. I can kinda see how you got all those girls fallin' for you.”
”Oh, yeah, don't worry about that. I know you're just messing around, and I agree with you anyways. But, now I'm curious. Why do you think they're falling for me?”
”Well, you aren't really all that bad. You stick up for 'em when it matters, you're not hard on the eyes, and you're a good leader. Leaders attract people to 'em. Also, you're manly but not in the stupid way.”
”How does that work?”
”Well, what I mean is that you don't parade yourself around as some alpha macho fool. You're kind, supportive, ya do what needs to be done, we can all depend on ya, and you don't have a problem punchin' those people who try to be alphas in the face when they deserve it. You're a real man, ya know? Other than that, it's probably just a borderline miracle that ya've managed to find several girls who're all fine with datin' you and each other. Can't put any logic behind that other than just bein' lucky.”
Fenrir never expected to blush because of Tabitha but, here he is, blushing from her honest and kind words. ”Th-thanks,” he says. ”I'm not really sure how to respond, but I appreciate that you think of me like that.”
”Ya better appreciate it while it lasts. You're never goin' to hear me say somethin' like that again,” Tabitha says, reaching over Shogun to give him a smack on his back. ”Now, it's your turn to give me some praise about how I'm the best engineer ever!”
”Eh, you're alright.”
Tabitha smacks him again on his back, but this time with enough force to send him flipping forward over the handlebar.