Ten little hatchlings maneuver a garden cart into the Nexus. It's loaded down with tubs of strawberries and raspberries, jars of raspberry and strawberry jam, raspberry and strawberry shortbread cookies, and of course those softball shaped vanilla cakes
(
Read more... )
"I like strawberries best, and cherries. Ooh, are those vanilla cakes I smell?"
Reply
"We made them this morning," Tavi adds with a nod.
"Strawberries are very good," Mistral says.
"Mr. 33 says we've had a lot of strawberries this year," comments Lono.
Reply
Out comes two boxes of crayons, two pads of drawing paper, a blank journal a leather cover, a notepad full of recipes she's copied down for them, and a bag of marbles.
Reply
"What do you want?" a hatchling says, willing to let her pick whatever she wants off the cart in trade.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
Two of them examine the marbles curiously before Tavi asks, "What are these?"
"They're pretty," Teo adds.
Reply
Reply
Reply
Reply
A short ways into the explanation, Teo and Tavi give each other a look, and then glance at their gloved hands. They hold marbles for a little while, and then decide that, yes, this might be something best done with the gloves off. So they remove them and set them to one side.
It looks just a little strange when they pick the marbles back up - the glass spheres no longer look perfectly round, as the edges vanish into the shadow that covers the little mages' hands.
Reply
Alured, on the other hand, is very happy for the distraction and playmate.
Reply
And Juro is just as happy to play with Alured.
Reply
Alured wants to play peekaboo, so he covers his eyes then uncovers them several times, squealing whenever he comes out.
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment