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tam smiles... no problem, little dude... you two about done... i promised rhea i'd get l. kero back for his afternoon nap....

he gives them both a ride back to the penthouse, lands on the roof and hands off a sleepy quet to his mother... then he shifts and carries kero to the bedroom... he pulls the blinds and darkens the room and urges the cub to take a short nap... knowing that if he actually falls asleep he'll probably take a long one anyway...

tam remembers their shared day dream and asks iffin he wants to try and do that instead... but over a sun drenched forest, next to a deep blue sea..... with a wide white stretch of sand.......

so tam gently joins their thoughts and leads him on a sensational flight over a distant shore that he had once visited on his journeys... net result is that they both crash into a sound sleep long before the dream fades....

hey... i like ye too, kiddo... he says in return... hugging him back... he stands and looks outside, and sees that there is still an hour or two before the sun goes down.. how about we go for a walk... i saw a notice at the hot dog stand that was announcing a late night flea market in the neighborhood, they're running it in conjunction with a festival.. want to go take a look see... i love going to flea markets, one never knows what one might find on sale there.... and we can grab a bite to eat at one of the booths since we slept through dinner....

*note - not that phrase, though ye've explained somethings which were similar, i think... *


tam leads the way down to the ground floor, where he asks the doorman where the festival is going to be held....

tam summons his harp and swings it over his shoulder, hoping to find a little street busking in the evenings lineup... (don't worry he's not starving so he only gonna nibble.... wink ) then the two of them walk over to the festival site... to kerobian's surprise it is a renaissance festival, complete with rope walkers, fire eaters and mock sword fights... at the rear of the festival is the flea market, but it is unlike any flea market ye have ever seen, rather than old dusty collectibles which might have once graced aunt mabel's living room, it has stalls filled with ribbon sellers, potion brewers (though these are little more than colored sweetened carbonated water), fortune tellers, and people selling a miss mash of old and new medieval related materials.... tam fits in perfectly with his harp and long red hair... and he plays the part of a rogish bard to the hilt, flirting with the women and telling bawdy jokes with the men... but he never forgets his small dark companion, buying him meat pies at one stall and helping him pick out a bright blue scarf at another...

tam picks kero up and slips away from the bustle and noise... ye ok, little one... he asks softly holding him close... there's nothing to be afraid of... it's all playacting, none of it is real... hmmm... ok... see that guy over there, that rotund purveyor of pyrotechnic provisions (...richly spiced bar-b-ques) do ye know what he does during the day... he's a crossing guard for the nearby grade school... and that lady behind the queen... the one in the midnight blue gown who looks all haughty and stern, she's the local librarian... people do this because they want to pretend nothing more... he looks up as a page bows before them...

sir bard, his majesty the king doth command thee to perform... says the boy with a wide childish grin... then he winks and says in a false whisper... and he said step on it or lose yer head...... everyone around them starts to laugh uproariously....

tam gives a mock bow to those around him and carries kero with him to face the "king"....