Don't Forget, But Don't Recall [Set During the GLaDOS plot, closed to Kelly, Leon]

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Sherry couldn't remember who she shared her room with. It had to have been someone. She didn't really like sleeping by herself, after all, and her father worked all the time now, so who had it been? Maybe it was Boon and she was just being crazy, but it felt like it was just on the tip of her fingers. Puzzled, and a bit annoyed, Sherry rubbed her thumb over the smooth face of her locket and watched as Boon sat and whined at the door.

Did he have to go out again already? Well, that wouldn't be so bad. Maybe she'd run into her father, or Vega or someone. Sherry put on her shoes and adjusted her clothes so they lay right. "Come on, Boon, let's go for a walk."

Which very quickly turned into less of a "walk" and more of a "chase Boon through the halls of the crew quarters."

"Boon! Wait! Stop! HEEL!"

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As the duo neared a corner, a room door slid open, and from it stepped a figure that should have been very familiar to the young Redfield-Kennedy. Kelly had been released from GLaDoS' twisted playground at least a day before. In that time, she hadn't felt the desire to do much more than rest and catch up on what had happened in her absence. She knew a team had been put together to storm the AI, but she felt absolutely no desire to be in on that. She'd just gotten out, and she really, really didn't want to go back in. SHe was sure Kennedy's team could handle it anyway.

Besides, at the moment, she was busy watching a dog come barrelling up the hallway toward her, closely followed by a familiar figure chasing after it. Sherry had a dog? Well, time enough for that once the animal was caught. Stepping into Boon's path, the Spartan knelt holding out a hand to hopefully interest him into stopping.

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People? Boon immediately made a beeline for the new person, much to Sherry's relief. "Catch him, Miss Kelly! Please!" This dog was going to be the end of her, she just knew it. Boon, distracted by Kelly, sniffed all over her hand, his tail wagging so fast it was nearly invisible. Sherry slowed to a stop near Kelly and caught her breath.

"Th... thank you." Definitely not a long-distance runner, nope.

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Kelly got on well with animals. At least, the ones that weren't trying to kill her. Hearing Sherry's request, she looked up for a moment, offering the girl a conspiratorial smile. As Boon sniffed at her hand, her free hand surreptitiously moved to take a hold of stroke the nape of his neck, ready to restrain him if needed, while the hand he'd been smelling moved to pet him gently on the head. It looked like her little friend - Sherry, not Boon - had been having a hard time keeping track of her pet.

"Don't worry about it. Haven't managed to get him a leash yet?" Well, they hadn't started practising yet, had they?

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"Or a collar, we got him after vacation, so there wasn't any time." Sherry admitted once she caught her breath again. "And it isn't like there's anyone here that makes collars, either." She wasn't sure how well a "would you make my puppy a collar?" post would go over anyway.

Her luck, someone would just be flippant. "Where did you go, I just realized I haven't seen you in a while." Sherry pursed her lips.

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"Well, I'm sure I could wrap my head around making a collar if you'd like. It won't be anything...pretty. But it'll work at the very least." She knew how to field-strip a myriad of weapons, she could take a Warthog apart and assemble it again, hell, she even know how to assemble her own hand grenades. How hard would it be to make a dog-collar?

"GLaDOS. I don't see the point of running those mazes over and over." Her expression remained placid, but there was a hint of annoyance in her tone. It was a waste of her time. And she had better things to do.

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"Really? I think I would! Dad's been kind of busy lately, so it's just been the dog and I." Well, she supposes so, anyway. "I'm sorry that the AI got you again."

Her attention was momentarily divided by Boon, who had started licking Kelly's hand joyously. "Did you hear? Dad's the captain of the ship now." She couldn't help that little prideful tone in her voice.

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"Well we can head right over to engineering to get some of that done whenever you'd like. Well, I'm back out now. So if you ever want someone to talk to, you can give me a call over the comms and I'll come running." Which you know means she'll get there really, really fast, right Sherry? "It doesn't matter. I'm out now."

The dog received a friendly pet on the head, and a scritch behind the ears. Kelly had always liked animals. Not that she'd had much time with non-lethal ones in recent years. "I hadn't heard. But that's good to know. He's a good man, he'll do a good job." She liked Kennedy after all, and he'd proven himself in several situations already.

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"I think he will, too. Well, he is now. I just kind of wish I got to see him more often. But I'd rather he be doing a good job." Boon flopped over on his side and offered up his belly. This new person was completely excellent in his book, considering how happy his girl seemed to be. Even if she was distracting from his Important Mission.

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"I'm sure that can be arranged. I'll need to meet him soon either way. What's your mom doing these days?" And Boon was given bellyrubs. Not the best, Kelly's mind was already working on several collar designs, topics for her meeting with Kennedy, things to get Sherry started in on, and a myriad of other things. As such, her bellyrubbing wasn't 100% but it was still pretty damn good.