[Hansel] Hansel's new pet.

Gretel fed her bird like she did every morning. As the bird nuzzled up against her cheek her thoughts drifted towards her brother and the mouse he'd tried to keep. He'd always gotten along so well with everyone that the thought that he might be lonely too had never really crossed her mind. She hated to see him unhappy and she certainly didn't wish to be the cause of it. He was her precious brother and she would do anything to make him smile.

She went to her dresser drawer and pulled out a large collar and leash. It was a bright thing. The leash itself was a line of colored stones and the matching collar was painted with a rainbow. She'd thought it was beautiful when she'd first seen it, but it had been so embarrassingly unlike her normal muted tones that she'd walked past. Still, she kept passing by the store until eventually, without even thinking, she'd bought it. She looked at the item in her hands, her face turning a slight shade of red. She didn't even have a dog or anything that would use a collar like this, but she had an idea for it now. She shook the head reclaiming the color from her cheeks and set off for her brother.

"Hansel." She called to him when she found him. She waved the collar in her hand. "I think it's time we got you a pet. Not a mouse, though." She paused a wicked smile spreading across her face. "Perhaps a useless lion?"

Adelhied? Gretel thought on it for a moment. Did they have a lion? Their area of town was more like a zoo than anything else... with their frogs, geese, ducks, swans. But none of those were good enough for her brother. He needed something special after being let down by not being able to keep that mouse. Only capturing Caramia would do.

"I'm not talking about that bug and her subordinated. The only lion worthy of being your pet is Caramia. Just think, you'd have a powerful lion as a pet and making him do your bidding would be such a triumph for our family." She waved her hand in a flourish. "You could be Hansel, the great and powerful lion tamer! And if you decide he's not to your tastes, I'm sure the Ozes would give us much for his return. We could expand our territory! Surely they'd pay handsomely for him, then we could get you whatever pet you want!"

She smiled brightly at her brother, the only one who got to see this side of her. "So what do you say? Do we bring the doorstep or do you want to ambush them in town?"