[ is it really a request? is anything from him ever really a request, or is it just a declaration of intent?
the child has come back around, cautious and pouting because she had expected alina to chase her. she reaches out to pull on alina's kefta hem, and alina turns, finding her smile. she crouches and hands over the rag. ]
Get yourself cleaned up. Renata will look after you while I'm gone, and I'll be back again tomorrow. [ the child nods judiciously. alina straightens and in turn nods to kirigan, feeling just as small, just as childlike, next to him.
gathering her resolve, she slips her hand through his arm and leads the way. ]
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the child has come back around, cautious and pouting because she had expected alina to chase her. she reaches out to pull on alina's kefta hem, and alina turns, finding her smile. she crouches and hands over the rag. ]
Get yourself cleaned up. Renata will look after you while I'm gone, and I'll be back again tomorrow. [ the child nods judiciously. alina straightens and in turn nods to kirigan, feeling just as small, just as childlike, next to him.
gathering her resolve, she slips her hand through his arm and leads the way. ]