[voice]

[mothersmemory]

[there is sniffling but it is mostly blocked out by the sound of Manhattan traffic]

Mmlost

[someone else can now be heard. a stranger asking if Andromache is "OK". she doesn't know who they are, so she shuffles away quickly and soon they cannot be heard anymore.]

I don't like it here.

[nervously~]Can, um, can someone come get me

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[menotthink]

Where are you honey? Can you read the signs?

I'll come get you.

[mademestranger]

Leave her alone, I can take care of this.

[menotthink]

I assume you are her guardian for now. You shouldn't have let her out in the first place.

[menotthink]

Your husband was the one who started it, I am merely trying to help the girl.

Do not test me today, Hermoine, I am not in the mood to put up with your crap.

[mademestranger]

You're doing nothing but confusing her.

And do not speak to my wife like that.

[menotthink]

Most of the children are confused.

Or what? You'll attack me?

[mademestranger]

And you are adding to it.

I added no such threat, and your attempt at provoking me has fallen short. I have more important things to attend to than you.

[voice]

[mothersmemory]

[reluctantly~]

Mmsorry, mister, but you're a stranger.

[menotthink]

I knew you a long time ago, honey. So I'm not really a stranger. Though I am your enemy

[voice]

[mothersmemory]

[don't fight the kiddy-logic xD]

But even if you were nice to me last time I knew you, people change.

And, ummm, I don't want to be rude, but you're old, which means I must have been really tiny last time we met. Even though I'm a big girl now.

wasn't gonna XD

[menotthink]

That's true.

You were actually a much bigger girl last time I saw you.

\o/

[mothersmemory]

[now you've confused her little brain.]

Bu--

But I'm little now.

But still a big girl, o'course.

[menotthink]

I think Cronus did that, sweetheart.

And yes, you are a big girl, but you still shouldn't be out by yourself.

[mothersmemory]

Oh-- [a little sadly~] Did I upset him?

[thoughtfully~] I guess you're right. I think it's about to rain.

[menotthink]

No sweetheart, you didn't upset him. He just likes to be mean. [comforting]

Why don't you go stand under an awning until one of us finds you, ok?