>Be you.
>Have Medusa coworker in an adjacent cubicle
>She takes up the whole cube what with her being so long and all
>Her hair snakes are so goddamn cute, though
>Eventually you break down and offer one a chicken nugget
>With a finger to your lips so they know it's a secret
<+1 to Snek Hair Relationship
>Miss Dusa doesn't react
>Interesting...
>You begin offering bits of food to her hair snakes more often
>They are terribly, terribly excited to see you with a bunch of chopped-up tendies from the break room microwave now
>And you've even started to make sure you're bringing enough to eat lunch AND to make sure each snake gets her snack.
>They're pretty agreeable and pick up on the sharing aspects quickly.
>Except the one you decided to name Bitey.
>She's a greedy little thing, but the others keep her at bay.
>After a few weeks, they're even doing tricks--letting you toss chicken nuggets or bits of tendies at them and they snatch it out of the air.
>They're honestly adorable.
>One day, you overhear Miss Dusa in the breakroom, complaining to your Echidna boss
>"I don't get it. My hair's getting fat."
>"I've even put it on a diet and it just keeps getting fatter."