A strange noise is coming out of the human habitat. When they look in, the pet is rushing around like it's half-insane. The human chuckles and calls it the "midday zoomies". -- Anon Guest
Companion Xaal had detected strange noises inside Human Per's habitat. A rhythmic thumping and an irregular vocalisation that could imply physical or mental distress. Alarmed, ze entered the emergency code that let hir into the Human's area.
Human Per was jumping up and down, arms and legs going in different directions at random. The noise coming from hir throat was some strange mix of a giggle and a hum.
"What in the known universe is this? Are you well?" Scans indicated that Humans Per had expected health levels, though hir heart rate was understandably high. "Is this a Human thing or a Per thing?"
"It's zoomies," Per crowed. "Midday is stim time!" Ze bounced to a halt, panting and grinning. "I get all my happy bounces out where I don't disturb the rest of y'all."
"Happy bounces," echoed Xaal.
"Yeah. It's a Per thing. Neurodiversity has its quirks, and mine is zoomies. I know that can upset others, so I keep it to myself."
"If it is a necessity, it is not shameful," offered Xaal.
"I know. I know. But I mass enough to make four of y'all and having that bouncing around at random could do all of you harm. I'd rather not, you know?"
Humans. They had their ways of being kind. Some of them even made a logical sense.
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