[ He's lagging behind with a bear claw flat out thrown without a bag into his hand basket, bolting toward the display case and not able to get there faster while dodging the other patrons and displays than Xie Lian making it into the display case, with the ice and raw fish and crab and everything else.
The basket's left on the floor as he has the counter employee telling him to handle his child, which he can barely get out a word on since he's instead scooping up an armful of now fishy-trash smelling raccoon and some of the ice packed around the fish he'd been aiming for. Whatever one Xie Lian managed to get his grubby paws on is likewise picked up and all but tossed at the person working the counter, Shino hurriedly saying he'll but that, thank you, sorry for him, this isn't how he usually is: all this and a quick paper wrapped moment and toss back has him dropping fish into basket, taking basket to the checkout area, and hugging Xie Lian like he's afraid he's going to slip away.
Which he is.
But look, now he has a standard of behaviour to rely on. ]
We'll get back to... okay, to my place, I'll get you cleaned up and feed you, okay? Just behave until then! We've got the fish and the bagels and that bear claw and some other stuff.
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[ He's lagging behind with a bear claw flat out thrown without a bag into his hand basket, bolting toward the display case and not able to get there faster while dodging the other patrons and displays than Xie Lian making it into the display case, with the ice and raw fish and crab and everything else.
The basket's left on the floor as he has the counter employee telling him to handle his child, which he can barely get out a word on since he's instead scooping up an armful of now fishy-trash smelling raccoon and some of the ice packed around the fish he'd been aiming for. Whatever one Xie Lian managed to get his grubby paws on is likewise picked up and all but tossed at the person working the counter, Shino hurriedly saying he'll but that, thank you, sorry for him, this isn't how he usually is: all this and a quick paper wrapped moment and toss back has him dropping fish into basket, taking basket to the checkout area, and hugging Xie Lian like he's afraid he's going to slip away.
Which he is.
But look, now he has a standard of behaviour to rely on. ]
We'll get back to... okay, to my place, I'll get you cleaned up and feed you, okay? Just behave until then! We've got the fish and the bagels and that bear claw and some other stuff.