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[angela_edmunds]

Angela is sitting by the lake again, reading. She had a book in her bag when she came here. Oddly enough, it's one of her mother's: Dealing with Unfortunate Circumstances: A Guidebook for Coping by Kim Bauer. It had come out just before she was taken, and she'd intended to read it for a while. No time like the present

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[apocalypsebaby]

It does look interesting.

A tentacle oozes its way out of the water, quietly, followed by another.

[angela_edmunds]

Angela is sort of oblivious. Until she sees something move out of the corner of her eye.

"Whoa!" she says, leaping up. She stares a little at the tentacles. Not precisely a squid...

"Baby kraken, then?"

[apocalypsebaby]

Three or four more tentacles latch onto the ground, and Spots' eyes peek above the water before he lurches and hauls himself fully up on land.

"Mamma?"

[angela_edmunds]

"Guh..." It talked.

That sort of thing would knock anyone flat on their ass, and Angela is no exception.

"Oof!" Ouch.

"Um...no, not your Mamma, baby. Do you need something?"

[lilmsmiraclegro]

"Oh hey, a book."

Claire is coming back from the hospital, on her way to food, but instead she pauses totry and read over Angela's shoulder.

[angela_edmunds]

Angela startles a little, then grins at the other girl.

"Hi. Yeah, not something I'd read if my Mom hadn't written it, really."

But she can almost hear her talking in her head.

[lilmsmiraclegro]

"Your Mom writes?"

Claire sits down, clearly interested. "What kind of thing?"

[angela_edmunds]

She shows her the cover and title. "Self-help. Mom's been through enough that she knows all about it."

She smiles a little sadly. "I miss her a lot."

Along with the rest of her family.