Over the course of the rest of the day you spend a total of 284 dollars (plus change). The first 150 came from an impromptu vet bill.
You managed to coerce the lizard into your beater of a car, which honestly sounds way harder than it was. The crazy thing must not have been feeling great after eating a lump of steel and battery acid because it never put up any sort of fight.
But it sure seemed to turn gray.
Concerning right? Well apparently not.
The bugger apparently hawked up the flashlight at some point without you or maybe the vets noticing, because the endoscope showed a clear stomach.
Normally there'd be at least something, they said, but nope, totally empty.
Just like your bank account after this whole mess.
How the hell do they get to charge you for basically doing nothing anyway?!
"Kenny, c'mon! I wanna see her already!"
Well, okay, they did find out what gender she was. And, she also tried to bite one of them when the did the anesthetic, so hazard pay kinda applies.
But as Stacy made clear, she's still around. The other hundred and thirty-something went into a decent sized cage from a pet store.
She helped you out of the cave after all, might as well pay her back with some free food and rent. At least for a couple of days. Until her color comes back maybe.
Because yeah, that grayness isn't fading. In fact it almost seems shiny.
But nah, it's gotta be how her scales are.
It's weird though, the belly scales almost look like brass now. Kinda coppery as she lies there getting over the sedation.
You gave her a thick sweater to use for a bed, and a couple glass bowls from the cupboard for food and water. Heavy enough she hopefully won't knock them over on top of your desk in that cage.
Speaking of food.
You head for the door and immediately block your sister from entering.
"Leave her alone, alright? I didn't bring her home for you to gawk at, she needs to recover."
"Bullshit, you just wanted a pet."
You ignore her.
This time around she follows you downstairs instead of trying to unlock your bedroom.
"C'mon, at least let me feed her, I LOVE lizards!"
"No, you just like shiny new toys. Besides, you don't even know what they eat."
"Neither do you genius!"
True, you tried to look up her species with zero results. The closest you got were monitor lizards and komodos.
You figure the safest bet is to try a little of everything, some meat from the fridge and lettuce, strawberries, carrot, blueberries if you have them, and maybe some grasshoppers if you manage to catch a couple.
But for now, you had to eat dinner.
Your folks insist on family meals at least once a day, and tonight this was it.
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