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Pumpkin Prepping — Description

“Nera!” Amenii pressed her hand over the mouthpiece as she called over her shoulder. “Its farmer Maggott, he’s calling to say you had better renew your gym membership this year and that he has replaced the barbed wire with razor white this year!”
“Tell that old coot that his pumpkins had better be carnivores and prone to making escape attempts if he needs that much security!” Nera’s voice came trailing back from the living room. “And tell him that I’ve already got bought some new industrial grade bolt cutters, just for him!”
Closing her eyes and willing patience, Amenii took in several deep breaths.
“Maybe, you should tell him all that.” She said holding out the phone to the irritated hyena approaching her. “I’m sure he’ll appreciate the sentiment.”
Twenty minutes later they were still going at it, Nera’s voice reverberating through the house and well into the kitchen as the barbs, threats, and accusations flew like musket balls through the air. Amenii, shaking her head settled herself into the kitchen and busied herself with preparing a late lunch as snippets of the exchange came to her.
“Just you try it you wrinkled old potato!”
“Land mines! You couldn’t afford enough of them!”
“I hope you put down some concrete reinforcements then because you are going to need them!”
Amenii smiled, at least farmer Maggott seemed to have gotten Nera out of her slump. That alone was a victory worth celebrating, and worth sharing. It was good to see her lover bouncing back and getting back on her feet again.
Prewarming the oven, Amenii settled on a quiche, spinach and goat cheese, that would do nicely she mused as she pulled out the ingredients. From the hallway the exchange intensified, Amenii catching fragments as she tried to focus on the recipe.
“Chain flail! Buck shot! And attack dogs!” Still drifting in as she took out her phone, set her play list to random and turned the volume up.
Maybe she should text someone, just in case…