Florence finds this funny coming from Rollie, of all people, and she shakes her head, looking at him in amusement as she ghosts one hand over Flo's blonde curls. She has a feeling he understands what blonde curls on a sweet little girl might do to a person.
Sometimes she forgets this isn't a part of her that's well known on the island. Mike and Tom have both seen her with children in the Realm, but it isn't something Rollie has ever witnessed.
"Mark my words," says Rollie, "once they get under your skin, it doesn't let up. Ever. They could probably be eighty and it still wouldn't let up. Be warned."
Florence nods solemnly, despite her smile, and pats Rollie's arm in thanks. I will consider myself warned, she tells him, although she already knows. She's been lost to these girls since the first day she'd arrived.
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"Never would've pegged you for a babysitter," he teases her. "Did you have to be blackmailed into it?"
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