[Even if they had scales or were tiny or had weird ears... kids were kids. (Just like the ones in Akvos. They might have been fish, or... fish people, but...)
She listens with a small frown until one of the babes on her hip starts fussing and she puts a smile on, bouncing him and making funny faces until he's suitably distracted and she sets him down to play with a small group before returning to Maes, cupping a hand over the ears of the remaining child on her other hip.]
I hope you're right... After everything else...
[Akvos. The Horologium. ... Even things before that, they might not have been scary to some of them, but to her...]
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She listens with a small frown until one of the babes on her hip starts fussing and she puts a smile on, bouncing him and making funny faces until he's suitably distracted and she sets him down to play with a small group before returning to Maes, cupping a hand over the ears of the remaining child on her other hip.]
I hope you're right... After everything else...
[Akvos. The Horologium. ... Even things before that, they might not have been scary to some of them, but to her...]