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Saturday, November 25, 2017

The Scandal

The crowd gathered around slowly, horror building up on their faces. Nothing like this had ever happened in this building before - at least not in public. This was, after all, a decent society: a fact that brought pride to many of its residents. That kind of stuff just didn't happen here. And now, suddenly, out on the open...! What would the children think?!

Well, the children did think, as they were the first ones to have come across the scene. But their expressions were different, reflecting more of curiosity and amusement. The horror and embarrassment seemed to be the exclusive property of the grown-ups. A few of the parents tried to pry their children away from the scene, silently praying that this would not have any bad effect on the kids. They didn't quite say what that bad effect was though - the possibility of promiscuity when they grew up, or the possibility of reaching home and asking the parents "What were those two doing?"

News was starting to spread. Word of mouth. Hushed whispers. Even a mention on the official WhatsApp group. Horror and embarrassment was slowly starting to change into anger and disgust.

How dare they do this in front of everyone?!
There were children there. CHILDREN!! Imagine the effect this will have on them!
This is why I had said from the beginning - these types should just not be allowed to live in our building!
I agree, but who listens to us. "We should open our doors to everyone," the others had said. Now look at what's happened!!
All the children know! I heard them talking about it!
My girl even asked me about it. I quickly changed the topic, but I know she'll ask again!
We should get them out of this building! We have no place for such indecency.
We should get all their types thrown out, just to be safe!
Oh... But then those activist types will start...
Let them. Our children come before all this charity.

As the whispers grew, so did the size of the circle. Disgust didn't stop them from gathering around. Fingers were pointed. Rumours were spread. Eviction plans were made.

But for their part, the two culprits just stood in the middle of the circle, doing what they felt compelled to do, their tails wagging from left to right, mostly indifferent to the crowd, but somewhat confused as to why these humans had gathered around and were suddenly so interested in them.


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