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None of ye should forget, if ye follow Catholic faith, tis Advent this month. That's four Sundays of gettin' ready for Christmas.

I'll be followin' a few Advent rules meself, that includes no Christmas songs in me shop until bloody Christmas. That includes caroling. None of that.

I won't be holding any of ye to the rules of Advent aside from that while around here.

[No one has to live with him after all]

For anyone interested, it also includes no meat on Fridays and no holiday sweets until the Eve of Christmas, the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena, mind that you have to say it fifteen times a day until Christmas because repetition is a mark of devotion, lighting of the Advent Wreath and waitin' until the eve to put up your damned tree.

If ye need a tree in your house so damn bad and are interested in followin' any sort of Catholic tradition, the Jesse Tree is... good enough. Look it up yourself, I'm a busy man.

So if ye couldn't tell, I don't wanna see a lick of that Christmas nonsense in me store until the Eve and no earlier, ye've all done a terrible thing, boostin' Christmas up into the first of December, show some bloody restraint. Keep it in your pants until Christmas, for Christs sake and for mine.

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[The camera is out of focus due to doggy slobber, but sniffing can be heard]

A tree in the house! Oh boy!

[Dug runs around the communication device happily]

I will guard my tree, yes, I will. If any squirrels come into my tree, I will bark at the squirrel until it is out of my tree.

[He looked sad when the video opened up, and one might think he was taken aback by Cassian's 'rules' and grumpiness, but that wasn't really it. He was noticeably pouting when he talked.]

I-It's... Christmas-time?

[Sure, he knew when Christmas happened, but it was doubtful anyone knew him for keeping track of time well.]

[Talking dog. Well okay then]

Yes.

Well.

I'd hope the state of vermin in the house wouldn't be so poor as to have squirrels in your Christmas tree.

[He's always grumpy though]

No. Tis the point of this announcement. It isn't Christmas, and it won't be until the twenty fifth of December. There are days leadin' up to it, preparations if ye choose to make them, days of celebration but it ain't Christmas time what until it's Christmas.

I will bark at any squirrels in your tree too, because I am a good dog.

[Head tilt, why wasn't this hooman happy?]

Are you sad?

No.

[Just perpetually angry]

Great. Thanks for the offer, I don't think I'll have any squirrels in the tree this year.

What about birds? I chase birds too!

One time I chased a big bird named Kevin.

O-Oh...

[He didn't really get it. Seemed like a lot to do on the day of.]

S-Sorry. I'll... I'll be good. I-I'm not sure what to do, a-anyway.

Who are you?

[WHY IS THIS CONVERSATION A THING]

[Well as far as Cassian is concerned, you don't need lights up, Christmas presents can be bought any time before the day and you can cook on the eve!]

Tisn't hard. If ye were interested, western Catholic churches don't even do the fastin' days anymore. The ban on Christmas cookies and meat is a mild throw back.

My name is Dug and I do not know your name but I already love you!

[Because he's a dog and he loves everyone]

... You're a dog, ye love everyone.

Some humans are bad. My old master was a bad human.

[Whimpers a bit in memory]

M-My friends used to celebrate a-all month. The cities would all b-be decorated, and there'd be l, lots of events, and on Ch-Christmas Eve we'd have a big p-party for everyone.

And... On Ch-Christmas, we'd have a party j-just for us, with d-dozens of presents for everyone.

[He fidgeted.]

Th-There were lots of Christmas c-cookies.

Edited 2016-12-04 01:40 (UTC)

....what's a Christmas?

[She doesn't get why it's so...bad? Everything he mentioned that happens during this Christmas seems nice?]

Why no meat exactly? I mean admitedly I am a little bit curious about that one.

One. That's one human.

Name five humans ye don't love.

Ain't nuthin' wrong with celebratin' it on Christmas, I take issue with celebratin' it dead after Thanksgivin'.

Tis a holiday celebratin' the birth of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ, or Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary and God.

It's all well and good but it ain't got a right takin' the place of Easter as the prime holiday of the year first of all, second of all, there are rules to celebratin' it and they should be followed.

It's a form of fastin'. A religious act to bring oneself closer to god. It's a small sacrifice one makes to show devotion.

A bit of a throwback, people used to just not eat at all.

H-How come? Isn't it fun to s-spend all that time with your friends? A-And I always looked forward to seeing H-Hatter's decorations... And... And all the e-events, and food, a-and presents from friends, and presents from S-Santa...

First of all, Bracken, I don't have any friends.

Second of all, I'm a busy man, and this store doesn't run itself and third, tis all fine and good on the Eve. Maybe the week of.

O-Oh...

[He pouted, looking down, voice getting rather small.]

...I-I thought I was your friend...

... Ye consider me your friend?

[That's right, it's not that Cassian doesn't like Bracken.

It's that Cassian can't wrap his brain around someone liking him]

I... I thought we were...

[But, he took things in a rather frank way, and if Cassian said he had no friends then it had his confidence in that painfully shaken.]

We... We aren't?

Ye like me?

Me.

Bracken, we've been talking a great long time. Ye like me.

W-Well, yeah.

[Even though he was sheepish and confused, and kind of upset, he didn't really hesitate to say that. He wasn't sure why Cassian was asking. It seemed like an obvious thing to him.]

Why?

H-Huh? What do you mean?

[He was just thrown off by the line of questioning. He didn't think anything odd of it, and wasn't sure why Cassian would ask "Why did he like him", so he wasn't sure he was understanding right.]

Why d'ye like me? What on earth have I done to ye to get ye to like me? I got ye cake once, aye, but-

[BUT]

I'm as charmin' as a horses hind end.

[It was still a little stunning, taking him off guard, and perhaps he took more time because he was upset as well. But after a moment he started putting together an answer.]

B-Because you're nice. And smart. A-And you know lots about herbs. And you helped me.

[He hadn't forgotten Cassian's advice on the herbs.]

A-And you're strong. And... And... And you l-let me talk, and a-aren't mean to me.

[Okay, some of that was almost right. He was definitely an herb genius, he had... strengths. There were strengths present.

He had yelled at Bracken once though. And then there was that whole nice part and Bracken was lucky the priest didn't let out a bark of laughter at that.]

You're an interestin', confusin' man, Bracken.

[But]

.... But if ye've decided ye want to be my friend, it ain't my place to say anymore that I don't have any, I suppose.

[All water under the bridge. There had been cake, after all.

He asked a bit hopefully.]

A-Are we friends again, then?

Oh wow, but you can't survive without food past a certain amount of days though, so... how exactly did that work?

I can't imagine we weren't friends now.

The fastin' lasts just a day, tis all. Fridays and Fridays only.

Can... Can we spend Ch-Christmas together, then?

[A little hopeful but, as usual, it took him a second to recover from confusing situations, so he was still processing that he and Cassian were friends again.]

Aye, yes of course we can.

On Christmas. We can spend Christmas together.

Oh, I see. Thank you for telling me. I learnt something new today.

[None of that made sense, and it shows on her face.]

O-Oh. Okay.

[She doesn't even wanna know about the "rules". Is it a holiday or a game??]

[The response was simple. A big smile.]

I'll... I'll see you on Christmas!

[Of course, they probably see each other plenty of times before that, too.]

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