#His Code Requires Him to Rid the Circus of Every Virus and Corruption and Computer Bug etc.

[how-to-train-your-pomni]

Hello! Me again!

I was wondering, do the abstracted parts of Pomni hurt others (like Kaufmo causing those glitches in Ragatha's avatar) when Pomni gets angry? or because it is partial it would just be a tingling sensation.

And I also recently read the second part of your series on ao3 and thought it was lovely that Gangle and Zooble were so quick to help.

Pomni is a strange cat, but an adorable one.

The tip of her tail having a bell makes me think of that "tic-tac" clock of the Crocodile who hunts that pirate enemy of Peter Pan.

If you hear the sound of bells, know that it's too late for you. She has already seen you

Hello! Hope you're doing well!

I'm glad you asked this, because it's a little complicated: Because the Abstraction is partial, it does have effects on the other Circus members, but those effects vary based upon who she's interacting with. It affects her brain, but not to the extent that she's a mindless beast.

Kinger, as I've mentioned, has much more grace in terms of how much the Abstraction harms him. He's able to place a hand directly onto any corrupted areas of Pomni’s avatar and feel little pin pricks, similar to when you poke your finger (gently) with a tack. His presence calms her and she reacts similarly to Queenie, her edges smooth out and the anger isn't as noticeable - Note that the anger will never truly go away, just that it dims to a manageable level.

Ragatha rarely gets to touch Pomni like the others, but she does "accidentally" brush against Pomni when they pass each other in the halls every now and then. Her main hope when that happens is that Pomni will acknowledge her, she can apologize, then steer things into a direct conversation that lasts more than five seconds. It never works, only serves to startle Pomni (thanks to the Abstraction, Pomni’s touch aversion has become slightly worse), and when Pomni is startled, the Abstraction responds by sharpening its edges and causing glitches in whatever part of Ragatha it manages to reach. She's gone to Caine to be patched up numerous times, and at this point he's convinced she enjoys it.

Zooble has grown somewhat closer to Pomni, but they (unlike Ragatha) choose to keep to themselves and let Pomni initiate the touch. It's typically pats on the head or shoulder, and a warm sensation typically crawls up Zooble’s arm. Followed by the entire thing flying out of their body like a canon projectile. The first time it happened they both avoided each other for days.

Gangle, like Zooble, chooses to keep her distance from Pomni, but mainly due to fear. She doesn't want to know what will happen if she willingly touches Pomni (will her body start glitching? Will she catch on fire? Will she explode?!), and only deals with touches they can't control, which doesn't really hurt Gangle, just leaves her whole body feeling like it fell asleep instead of her.

Jax, the bastard as we know him, is always in Pomni’s personal space; when it started, Jax always came out of their interactions glitching and stuttering like a drunk man. As time went on, however, Pomni grew to enjoy having Jax pester her. His antics keep her distracted from the Abstraction for hours at times, so she's typically content when they touch, but does let it be known when she's not in the mood to be bothered. Her Abstraction will shoot out and almost stab Jax, sending the clear message to be left alone until Pomni cools down (and, to everyone's surprise, it works. Jax will leave her alone for a few hours to the rest of the day, then check if Pomni is still angry before upsetting her again, but in a playful way they both enjoy). So, basically they've conditioned each other to react in certain ways with the threat of pain or violence from both ends. Not a healthy friendship, but it works so no one really bothers to put an end to it.

Caine... well, he's touched Pomni ONCE, and it wasn't in the typical "HAHA! EVERYTHING IS FINE!" sort of way. Pomni had been snapping at everyone (even Kinger) for no good reason and refused to go on the adventure Caine had planned for the day. This had upset the AI (which no one knew was even possible) so much that he grabbed his cane and slammed the bottom of it against the back of Pomni’s neck, pinning her down with it and hovering above her while tutting like a disappointed parent. He ignored everyone pointing out the his cane was wildly glitching and quickly spreading to his arm, just so he could tell Pomni something that neither of them would ever reveal. After that, Pomni went limp, nodding to the best of her ability and wheezing as Caine pulled away and snapped himself back to normal. No one was allowed to comfort Pomni, and she spent the next week alone in her room.

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I'm glad you enjoyed the fic! And trust me, it took a LOT of time to figure out who to use for that installment. Gangle is the nicest (notice how I said nice and not kind) right next to Kinger, and I believe she'd be too scared to actually tell Caine anything for fear that he might hurt Pomni. Zooble was a clear choice for me because they've been depicted as calm in even the scariest of situations, and they give me a sort of "I care about my friends but don't want to get overly attached" vibe mixed with "I will do whatever my friends need me to do as long as it doesn't involve hiding a body, that s[!^$&]'s gross".

And, to top it off, yes. Pomni is the strangest of cats, but she's OUR strangest of cats. That bell has kept Jax out of more trouble than he'd like to admit, makes him thank whoever listens that his avatar is a rabbit.