"Wait, you think I'm Fred?" you ask.
"Yes," says the mouse "Fred D'honaire?" "Yep." "Lord Fred D'honaire?" Somehow, emphasizing the "lord" makes your ego feel better. "Uh-huh" "The Lord of the Duchy of Suffex, Allaria?" "A-yup!" "But how do I know all that?" "Like I told you, you're Fred!" "And like I told you, I can't be Fred, I'm a gal!" "Look, I don't know very well how this reincarnation thing works, but obviously, reincarnating into a body of a different gender is possible." "What are you..." But she interrupts you. "Okay, Fred, we need to work this out together, and maybe we'll regain our humanity. Deal?" "Humanity? You mean I was a human?" "Oh, no" she says sarcastically, "You ruled over Suffex as a cat!" "For some reason, I find your sarcasm really annoying." "More proof for me that you're Fred. Now, Fred, do we have a deal?" You look at the mouse curiously. Cats don't usually strike deals with their prey, and it could all be a scheme to weasel out of being eaten; but if what she was saying is true, the payoff of this deal was extremely great and extremely long term, since you knew humans could basically eat whatever they wanted.
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