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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)

Comments

[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."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Yes, but it still belonged to someone else. It probably is fine, but other people might be unhappy about that kind of thing."

[campanas]

Grumble.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Well.
Eventually, Pen's food will arrive.
It's a bread thing with tomato sauce, cheese, and various meats and vegetable. The breadsticks are warm, soft and garlicky.

[campanas]

Yum!

Pen puts away about a third of the pizza and one breadstick by herself.

[maggie_of_the_owls]

The rest can go in the fridge for later. It's at about this point that Gloria wanders out of the bedroom, stretching.
"Good evening, darling," she says to Klaudia. "Good evening, Pen. Sorry it didn't occur to me that you were probably diurnal."

[campanas]

"Is okay. World all different times anyhow especially when no Jane."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

She takes a moment to parse this, then: "That's probably why you were awake when we met, then. It might be worth doing to see if you can get on a nocturnal sleep schedule while you're here, but it might not: Klaudia and I both work, so having someone around to take care of you would be a tricky proposition anyway."
"You're your own boss, you can give yourself emergency family time off."
"I don't like to abuse power, but you may be right. I'll see if anyone can cover for me for tonight and rearrange the schedule from there."

[campanas]

"Don't know how long being here."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

"Better to end up taking more time off work than necessary than to leave a small child unsupervised for weeks at a time. Anyway, we can afford it; Klaudia's father is rich and terrible at expressing his affection in ways other than money."

[campanas]

Blink. "Okay."

[maggie_of_the_owls]

Gloria can find someone to cover for her tonight.
She can also take Pen grocery shopping, after suggesting that she hold her wings still and pretend they're part of a costume; feeding an eight year old nothing but takeout is a terrible idea.

[campanas]

"Why saying costume?"