Andalun had readied himself for a battle, but it seemed the Rocket female wasn't up to facing him head on. She diverted to where the bunny girl, Tina, had actually managed to latch onto the arcanine.<br/><br/>He watched the tug of preds, wondering if he should intervene, then heard a soft sobbing from his hand. "That lovely coffee... I only had one spell built in, I can't replace it. I'm so sorry master."<br/><br/>The red bubble dragon turned his attention to the biscotti skunk girl, saying, "No, I'm sorry for spilling it, but I did drink quite a lot of it. It was delicious, and so are you."<br/><br/>She brightened up. "Really? But I'm an accompaniment to the coffee, without it I'm not complete!"<br/><br/>"You're also delicious on your own. But I owe you for that warning. We have the cookery, we can rebake you."<br/><br/>"A pattern transfer? But... that's only for cake golems and other high ticket custom items where the consumer wants them to remember their preferences. You could buy a dozen boxes of me for what it will cost."<br/><br/>"They can take it out of my pay."<br/><br/>"Besides, you'll never get a replacement baked in time. I only have about 7 minutes of animation left."<br/><br/>"True... If only I had a stasis box... Well, since we only need a morsel of you to duplicate the pattern, mind if I nibble some more?"<br/><br/>"That's what I'm here for!" Her sultry tone is back as she turns over on his hand and poses in a laid out position, tail waving high in the air. He lowers his head and bites it off.<br/><br/>He chews thoughtfully, crunching the biscuit, then suddenly exclaims in a shower of crumbs. "Of course! I can adjust the metric inside my bubbles to shrink space inside them. I should be able to do the same thing with time... Cookie, you're getting served!"<br/><br/>He lifted her up and munched off her legs at the hips, to her delighted giggle. Then he blows a bubble wwhich settles down around her and engulfs her. She suddenly seems to freeze, and the bubble shrinks to marble size as he sucks it back in.<br/><br/>"Rest well, little biscuit, and dream of elevenses to come."<br/><br/>He'd been watching the tug-o-vore going on with half an eye, and was surprised to see Tina come out the winner. He also took a certain schadenfreude in seeing the Rocket fizzle so spectacularly.<br/><br/>He wandered over, admiring the big furry white ball, with a rabbit-girl underneath. "Well done! A little unorthodox, but nice recovery on the end there. You did remember to target that arcanine with your pokedigest before you started eating him, so you can recover him... if the thing actually works as advertised."