Two mugs of cocoa slide their way onto the table-top.
This is followed by a bit of scramble and something of a flop and then, quickly enough, a pajama-clad little girl taking up some of the available booth-space next to her.
"You an' me both." Ace agrees, absent-mindedly forgetting that Cora isn't a kitten and she shouldn't be handed bits of pizza (or, rather, have bits dangled in front of her face). Oops?
"Like - like -" her hands flutter in the air in front of her, as if trying to manually sketch out what she's thinking of. "Like the ones with the funny trees?"
"With the -" she chews her broccoli thoughtfully, crinkling her nose and holding her fingers together before springing them away from each other. "Long leaves - swishy ones."
This is followed by a bit of scramble and something of a flop and then, quickly enough, a pajama-clad little girl taking up some of the available booth-space next to her.
Good daughters know to bring offerings.
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Also, how to pull a slice of pizza onto a napkin and push it in front of good daughters.
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And returned.
"H'lo, mum."
This may or may not be said around a bit of pizza. That (hypothetically, of course) may or may not be considered bad manners.
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And not saying 'buggering up' where Cora can hear it.
"'Lo, kitlet."
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"Hate sleepin' on Bad Nights," she wrinkles her nose, swallowing first this time. "Least got no school tomorrow."
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"Least it's almost over, yeah?"
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She grins at the pizza-offerings - not minding how they are offered in the least - letting out a giggly sort of sound and munching cheerfully.
"Is very good to be over."
(Cora makes grammar-teachers cry.)
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It's possible the ex-delinquent is biased a tiny bit.
"Then maybe we can work on y'da an' us goin' someplace warm." Ace has had enough of this 'winter' thing. It's overrated.
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Palm trees are totally funny looking.
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"Comedian trees?" She doesn't remember that trip at all. Odd.
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A pause.
"At the sandy places. With - um. Oceans?"
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She giggles, claps her hands together victoriously.
Another laugh, "They are weird."
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Ace probably shouldn't come up with ideas whilst in this sort of mood.
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She (rather obviously) has no problem with this.
"Weird-levels are good."
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