Hey Diary,

  Maeve is back!!! And Maki.

  Maeve has the absolute most epic haircut. I don't even know how she managed to get her hair to look like real fire, but she did! And she brought a whole box full of fancy soaps and conditioners for hair and ears and tails. She says I can try it if I want. But, if I do, and it’s amazing, there’s no way I could get more.

  So I’d just live life knowing how fluffy my tail could be but isn't.

  I don't want that disappointment in life.

  Anyways, today was fun and nostalgic. We went to our old fishing spot, me, Maeve, Maki and Luke, and we just… wasted four hours talking about nothing. Like we used to do.

  Maki suggested, since there’s nothing exciting to do here, we should go up and watch the kobolds' party tomorrow night.

  We know there’ll be a party, there’s always a party on the first day of summer. And it always sounds like such a fun party.

  There are… Aunt Kimi says we have a peaceful relationship with the kobold town. We trade some things, and have never argued.

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  But they’re kobolds. We’re neko. We have a mayor, who we elect (even if no one bothers running against my aunt at this point), but they’ve got a king and queen. Who are full dragons, and might eat anyone who makes them mad.

  Or at least, everyone says they might eat people. I've never actually seen them up close, so I don't know what they're like.

  Which, is sad. Our town is only two hours away from the entrance of the kobolds' cave town, and I've never been there! I've met a few kobolds in the woods, and seen a few when they come to talk politics, but I've never been into their town! They throw super fun parties, and all we’ve ever done is listen to the music!

  It’s… It’s not fair. I feel like I've been trapped here my whole life. My cousins all got to leave, to see at least a little bit of what life is like outside the town, but I haven't even been to a town two hours away!

  Even Luke has been up there. To be fair, I think he’s the only one of us who has. But, still.

  So yeah. Tomorrow night, even if everyone else backs out, I'm gonna go spy on the kobolds' party.

  I'm gonna see a dragon as something more than a shadow in the sky.

  And if they see me and capture me… I won't even care. I’ll see more of the world being dragged through their caves to their prison than I'd see just sitting in my room.

  I know this is an irrational, emotional decision. But right now, the most I have to look forward to in life is the icecats coming back in a few months. I seriously have nothing else. No real goals or ambitions. I'm just… stuck here. Waiting for something interesting to happen.

  So I'm going to make something happen.

  It’s that or die of boredom.

  Signing off,

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