Maybe Morningkit will make friends today! But before that, she'll need to make it past a shark-eyed Maggotkit who's posted itself up by the side of her nest, chin resting on the mossy edge.

"You look sleeeep-y," it coos happily, propping its dusty forepaws up on the edge of the nest as if it's playing with the idea of welcoming itself into the cozy bed with her. "She's a wee sleepy-bee," Maggotkit continues in a rickety little sing-song. Its lopsided little smile would be offputting if it weren't so darn genuine. "Wake-y wake. I wanna talk to you. So talk to me. Do you know stories?"

"This is yoouur nest," it repeats, taking a dazzled tone like Morningkit's popped the top on a chest of treasures in front of it. "Can I be in it? Or, you can come to mine," Maggotkit offers, jerking a short nod over its shoulder to a nest occupied by a pale, sleeping queen. It's not actually very interested in going back over there (it came to Morningkit's nest for a reason!), but it figures it would be polite and good of it to offer.

"I'm Maggotkit. Good morning, morning Morningkit." It has fun warbling her name softly as her uninterested look flies clear over its head. It has even more fun learning that the two of them might be on a fast track to friendship right now, just like that. That would mean it has TWO whole friends, which is even better than only having one and infinitely better than having none at all. Maybe it'll bring Morningkit to meet Frogkit some time, so that both of its friends are friends, too...but that might mean they become better friends with each other than with Maggotkit. And that wouldn't be good.

Hrm.

Maggotkit shakes a thoughtful frown off its face. "We can be friends right now," it says. Maggotkit doesn't want to wait for the future, that's too far away. It wants friends who like it right now, immediately. "Do you know stories?" It presses a second time, relentless. It's thinking that maybe she just hadn't heard it the first time. "I know stories," Maggotkit continues helpfully, "so if you don't I will you give you one. Maybe two. Two stories, okay? I can give you them."

This is a proper little saleskitten. Morningkit must look, to it, like someone in dire need of 1-2 stories.