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[campanas]

Here, in a place where she is quite an unexpected sight, is:

an eight year old girl with brown-flecked white wings, looking dismayed and lost.

with Prime (Aestrix)

with Edie and Emily (Maggie)

with Gloria (Maggie)

with Gren (Rockeye)

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[campanas]

Pen looks at all of the pictures. When she gets to a blank page she hunts for a pencil.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

There is a pencil on the floor just under the coffee table.

[campanas]

Good! Pen picks it up and draws things. Stick figure angels and lopsided Janegems and the space plant.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Klaudia will be awake at about seven o'clock, if Pen's still occupied by then.

[campanas]

Pen by that time has gone back to reading.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Hello," she says. "You must be the child Gloria found yesterday."
This is, apparently, the green-eyed woman from the sketchbook.

[campanas]

"Mm-hm."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"How long have you been awake?"

[campanas]

"Dunno, hours probably."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Have you eaten? We don't exactly keep a lot of solid food around."

[campanas]

"Had fruit. Hungry again though."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"We've got some protein shakes for emergencies if you're hungry enough you'd rather not wait for takeout. Do they have Chinese food or pizza in your universe, because those are the only two takeout numbers I've got memorized."

[campanas]

"Dunno. Don't think having. What takeout?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"I call a restaurant and tell them what food you want, and they deliver it and I pay for it when it gets here. Do you have any allergies or religious dietary restrictions?"

[campanas]

"No."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Do you want a shake while we wait for the food to arrive?" she asks, picking up her cell and dialing the pizza place.

[campanas]

"What is shake?"

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"A protein shake is a beverage with a wide variety of nutrients in it for when people don't have time to properly eat something. Yes, hello," she says into the phone. "I'd like a small supreme and an order of breadsticks, please." She rattles off the address. "Alright. Thank you. You have a nice day too." She hangs up.

[campanas]

"Umm, no shake, but banana." She takes a banana.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Alright. I don't actually remember how long the food should take to get here; it's been years since I've ordered take out. Have you been entertaining yourself alright since you woke up?"

[campanas]

"Read books, drew things."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"...Drew things where?"

[campanas]

"In drawing book."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Klaudia glances at Gloria's sketchbook. "Gloria probably won't mind, but for future reference, you should ask before drawing on other peoples' things."

[campanas]

"...Is for drawing. Did not draw on wall."