She is being stared at from below. Not by someone who would make a dessert choice, but by a... penguin. The thing is probably bigger than the baby, and it keeps looking back and forth between Mia and Cepheus. He finds them very fascinating!
All the while, he sips down a beer can with a straw.
Pen-Pen looks interested in this. He communicates his interest by setting down the beer, raising both his flippers, and squawking again and much louder.
This is the first time they've ran into a penguin but this is the first time he's seen a baby.
All the while, he sips down a beer can with a straw.
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"Oh, hello."
Mia tilts her head a little as she looks.
"I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone like you before."
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He copies Mia's head tilt and does a penguin impression of a shrug.
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She offers her hand to shake with his flipper. And then notices the beer can and how it fills up his flippers. She decides to drop her hand.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Mia."
Cepheus makes a noise as he looks down at Pen-Pen.
"And his name is Cepheus."
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"Squawk," he comments simply.
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"Are you trying to talk to Pen-Pen?" she asks.
"Bah!"
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This is the first time they've ran into a penguin but this is the first time he's seen a baby.
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Mia lifts him out of the baby seat and says, "Here, you two can have a closer look."
She kneels down so that the baby is sitting on her lap and he reaches his little hands out at the flippers.
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He holds out a flipper in return and tilts his head again.
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She guides the baby's hand to gently stroke the penguin's flipper, making sure the child doesn't try his Hug of Death on him.
Cepheus seems to approve of this. He gurgles quietly with interest.
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