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Zara notices the ooze and inwardly wonders what it could be. The only things she can think of are organic in nature, but she puts it out of her mind for the time being, in favour of finishing the wrapping. With this being the case, she'd be more reluctant to place the box under the tree. Thus, she places it in a position that makes it easy to retrieve, should her suspicions be proven correct. She's unfazed by Sasha's lack of a smile, however. Perhaps, it simply is that she can't smile!

When the tendril rises up, Zara focuses her attention on the cage. Looking blankly at it with that perpetual smile of hers, she seems to have a delayed reaction. "Oh my!" She gasps, covering her mouth with one hand. "That cage is poorly locked! Good thing that where you keep it weakens the rats. Wouldn't want your food to run away now, right?" She winks at Sasha. "If you eat rat, then perhaps you eat meat too. Maybe cookies too, they're sweet and yummy!" She seems unfazed by the revelation, after all.

"Oo, how about letting Zara get you a cage for Thanksmas, so your food will be more securely kept? You'd like that, right Sasha?" There's something that has beenon Zara's mind, however, so she stretches her hand like rubber, alllll the way over to the tree, and grabs Sasha's gift. Once she's returned her hand to normal length, she holds it up for Sasha to see. "Zara'll say some words, and she wants you to nod when she correctly guesses what's in the box, okaaay? Okay!"

She takes in a deep breath, then begins! "Is it... food? Meat? ... rat?"

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Sasha tilts her head ever so slightly. Poorly locked? She fails to see how. This cage was supremely secure! Roughly the same as the cages dad uses. And those test subjects never run away! They also sometimes stop living, but a lot of things do that.

Besides, if they get away, she'd just catch them again. Test subjects or rats. It was exceptionally easy.

Oh. Zara wants to guess what's in the box? That does seem to be a part of the ritual. Well sometimes. Other times whomever it is insists they don't guess! These are very conflicting ideals and Sasha has yet to grasp which occasion calls for which gift giving procedural standard. Thanksmas must be the former. So Zara is receiving Sasha's gift? Is that how Thanksmas tree gift exchanges work?

Well... Sasha hopes Zara likes it.

Regardless the shadow monster will hesitate, then shake her head no.