Alluka's Room, Zoldyck Estate, Friday Morning
She, she was back in her room!
Mommy and Daddy had scolded her for being a bad girl but, after she'd explained, they patted her on the head and said they understood and that she hadn't been that bad. So they'd given her new toys, and new clothes, and walked her back down to her room.
She'd even gotten to hold her daddy's hand on the way down.
Her room was much the way she'd left it, though someone had cleaned up her tea party and put all her toys neatly on the shelves.
Alluka rubbed sleep out of her eyes and looked around her room and didn't know what to feel. She didn't want to play, though, so she got dressed, ate breakfast when it came, and then picked up one of her toys and hugged it to her chest.
It was really quiet, without anyone around. But she had to be good, and she'd promised to be good, and she liked her room a lot, she really did!
She took a seat amongst her toys and listened to them talk. They'd missed her. They wanted to know where her bunny had gone.
"Sorry," she said, hugging one of her new toys tighter. It still smelled new, rather than like her. "I, I didn't get a chance to bring the bunny back with me. Um, but, but there's people who'll look after him, so it's okay. And, and there are other friends who'll keep him company too. So, so he won't be lonely."
Oh. Her hands were shaking. She didn't know why. Alluka hugged her toys tighter and reminded herself that it was okay, everything was fine, and she was being good. That was for the best, right? It was.
It was.
[Establishy & NFB.]
Mommy and Daddy had scolded her for being a bad girl but, after she'd explained, they patted her on the head and said they understood and that she hadn't been that bad. So they'd given her new toys, and new clothes, and walked her back down to her room.
She'd even gotten to hold her daddy's hand on the way down.
Her room was much the way she'd left it, though someone had cleaned up her tea party and put all her toys neatly on the shelves.
Alluka rubbed sleep out of her eyes and looked around her room and didn't know what to feel. She didn't want to play, though, so she got dressed, ate breakfast when it came, and then picked up one of her toys and hugged it to her chest.
It was really quiet, without anyone around. But she had to be good, and she'd promised to be good, and she liked her room a lot, she really did!
She took a seat amongst her toys and listened to them talk. They'd missed her. They wanted to know where her bunny had gone.
"Sorry," she said, hugging one of her new toys tighter. It still smelled new, rather than like her. "I, I didn't get a chance to bring the bunny back with me. Um, but, but there's people who'll look after him, so it's okay. And, and there are other friends who'll keep him company too. So, so he won't be lonely."
Oh. Her hands were shaking. She didn't know why. Alluka hugged her toys tighter and reminded herself that it was okay, everything was fine, and she was being good. That was for the best, right? It was.
It was.
[Establishy & NFB.]