"Mommy said she always wanted to go to Z-land. But, I dunno where that is." The six year old gives the man with another man on a leash a shrug. Her beagle puppy is sniffing the air curiously.
....Victor's puppy is sniffing the air curiously. And looking back and forth agitatedly between Victor and the little girl. Victor's nose perks up soon afterward. "Not yet, boy," he mutters.
"She said it's pretty. An' green. An' that's how come they put hobbits there." Emily doesn't really get that part, but she likes hobbits. They have cute feet.
The beagle whines at Emily. But, she just pats the puppy on her head.
"Uh huh!" She gives him a bright smile. "I seen pictures. And it's pretty in the movie. Daddy said it's just sheep, but I didn't see sheep. An' then he laughed, so maybe he was just joking."
She giggles and scratches Greta's ears. Greta's not usually so whimpery. Emily wonders if she's hungry? "Greta's my best friend. Besides Daddy an' my bear." She holds up Benjamin for a visual.
"Daddy knows lots of stuff. I ask questions all the time an' he always answers them." Emily is utterly oblivious to any wonderings. She just likes talking to nice people!
"My name's Emily," she answers him, but is looking at Kyle. She fidgets for a second before peering up at Victor curiously. "He doesn't look like a pet. He looks like a people."
"Sometimes it's a little confusing what's what, ain't it, Emily? Now me and Kyle....we're pretty much the same, except I can talk better." He gives her a fangy smile.
"Uh huh." She nods solemnly. Things were very confusing for her sometimes. Especially where she lives and people are all sorts of things at different times. But, she smiles back anyway. "He's like your little brother?"
"I have two brothers. But, they're bigger than me. I'm the littlest." She tips her head to the side curiously. "What your name?"
She shakes her head at his question. "No. Daddy's at home, workin'. An' my brothers are in school. I'm s'posed to be watching cartoons, but..." She looks around to be sure nobody else is listening. "Anya says it's okay if I don't get caught."
"Misha an' David. Misha's the oldest. He has a pretty car." She thinks about mentioning Darlene's stories, but that was really hard to explain the last time she tried.
No Japanese names. Huh. Weird. Well, not that weird. How many times had someone tried to kill that frail of The Runt's? One of them probably worked in this kid's world.
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Victor's nose perks up soon afterward. "Not yet, boy," he mutters.
"Did your Mommy say anything else about it?"
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The beagle whines at Emily. But, she just pats the puppy on her head.
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Victor looks down at the...puppy. "Like animals, shortstuff?" He savors the nickname like an inside joke.
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She giggles and scratches Greta's ears. Greta's not usually so whimpery. Emily wonders if she's hungry? "Greta's my best friend. Besides Daddy an' my bear." She holds up Benjamin for a visual.
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Victor momentarily wonders why the child isn't half-Japanese. All of The Runt's brats were, unless you counted Pryde. Alternate universes were weird.
"Kyle here's mine. And what's your name, shoftstuff?"
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"My name's Emily," she answers him, but is looking at Kyle. She fidgets for a second before peering up at Victor curiously. "He doesn't look like a pet. He looks like a people."
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Right, right, back to the issue of The Runt's little girl.
"So your family somewhere in the Nexus with you?"
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She shakes her head at his question. "No. Daddy's at home, workin'. An' my brothers are in school. I'm s'posed to be watching cartoons, but..." She looks around to be sure nobody else is listening. "Anya says it's okay if I don't get caught."
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"She's my big brother's sister, only she has a different daddy."
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"So what're you going to do today, Emily?"
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