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[juniorchampion]

[ Yuri is very used to social media, but the network here isn't quite like the social media back at home. That doesn't stop him from trying to use it in the same way.

He posts a picture of himself in a simple all-black outfit in front of the skating rink. ]

First day back at skating.

#iceskating #yuriplisetsky #goingtokeepwinning

[ Nailed it. ]

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[juniorchampion]

[ Yuri nods to a bag that sits just outside of reach of the ice. ]

Grab my bag.

[ He doesn't explain why, which is probably the polite thing to do. Still, Yuri gets the impression that Sinistra will listen.

The bag holds his phone, which holds a picture of his cat. It's some kind of crime that he's never seen a cat before. ]

[bisection]

[ He looks at Yuri... then at their hands. He'd told him not to let go before, right?

So Sinistra stretches, still holding Yuri's hand, to awkwardly grasp for the bag. He grabs it, just barely, and lifts it over to Yuri. ]

[juniorchampion]

[ It would have been fine to make an exception, but if Sinistra wants to go that route...

Letting the other man hold it, Yuri uses his free hand to undo the zipper and pull out his phone. With some practiced tapping, he brings up a picture and turns it around for Sinistra to see. ]

Potya. She's my cat. She came with me.

[bisection]

[ He immediately looks intrigued, tipping his head and looking at the photo with wide eyes. He maybe saw a creature like this once in a book when he was very small, but he's never been around one. He didn't really think one could 'have' an animal. ]

Ah... right... they have fur. She is small.

[ 'Small' relative to the monsters he's pretty much always around. They're the closest things to animals he's experienced outside of this place. ]