"Goodnight goodnight Fellas. I see that you have keen sight over there. I mean ye no harm. But arms ye! I've got arms for those who seem to be bothered by my less-than-spectacular entry!"

The booming voice roused the twins from their labored attempts at sleeping. The very unconscious elderly man had rolled into Lily's chest, and grabbed Rose's arm like it was a blanket, and had nestled between them like he had done this his whole life, and it made them a bit nervous about him, completely unsure how to handle this level of "familiarity."

 "Ah manners manners! Gotta have manners in front of those upstanding ladies, wandering in the middle of a wilderness, at night even! But I ain't one to judge. Castor Goodenough, a merchant by trade, and these were my burden beasts, Tom and Jerry." 

the voice cried out again.
[color=ed145b]
"Upstandin' ladehs eh?"[/color]
[color=f7941d]"We'll larn 'im ta make a fuss dis late at nigh'! Cain't he tell we's tryin' ta sleepin'?"[/color]

The two looked at each other a moment, with wicked sparkles in their dark brown eyes in the dark of the tent stetched over the wagon.  The old man snored, and snuggled tighter into Lily's fur, causing both of them to giggle mischievously.

[color=ed145b]"Sorreh dere fella-- We's got comp'nay."[/color] said Lily with a smirk and a giggle.
[color=f7941d]"Be righ' unciv'l 'o us, not tuh says 'hello'!"[/color] wheezed Rose immediately afterward, before both snickered wickedly once more.
[color=ed145b]"We gunna has tuh sneak out da back, 'en 'round 'ahind--"[/color]
[color=f7941d]"He gunna show up un'nounced in da nigh' like 'is, we's show 'im!"
[/color]

Shortly afterward, the pair disentangled themselves from the sleeping man, who just grabbed their brother's robe around himself and snored loudly, like nothing had happened at all, eliciting more snickers from the pair.

[color=ed145b]'Sleep like a rock, don' he?"[/color]
[color=f7941d]"Sure does!"[/color]

Then they snuck out from under the outstretched tent flaps and into the surrounding gloom on the opposite side of the road from where the peddler had stopped, to conceal themselves in the darkness, one going one way, the other the opposite, to cross the road in secret, then reconverge on his position from behind, on both flanks at the same time. 

All fours-- Naturally.

"Tsk tsk. To the business then!" extolled the man, motioning to his wares in the dark, illuminated by the weak lantern light, as the girls crept into position, then snuck into his periphery like they had done this countless times before. (in fact, they had.)

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"Dis a private parteh--"[/color] interrupted Lily from the man's left flank
[color=f7941d]"Or kin anuhbudy join?"[/color] finished Rose, from the man's right, just before bumping their wet noses on his exposed ears.