[It was a soft protest, without any teeth. She didn't want to disturb the birds, who were much less mindful--shrieking and calling to each other noisily. Especially that big macaw. Its wingspan reached around almost as much as Pen's arms.
A smile started to tug at Lucy's mouth when something caught her eye from near the ground. A...stilt, tiny heron? It was looking up at her expectantly, its long neck extended.
Then Lucy wasn't here for a time, eyes staring off at something unseen.
She was still at the zoo, though, but a larger one. She was much smaller, and there weren't so many with her. There was another child with her, someone she knew--a friend?
Showing interest in something was a certain way to get it used against her, to have people cruelly pick at it. But it was just--it was so hard not to, now, there were so many interesting things.
"Zoos don't interest me," she said, with a small huff in a small voice that was nonetheless hers.
Then she turned a corner and saw a giraffe, and lost her composure immediately. She ran over to it, babbling excitedly. "Long neck!"]
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[It was a soft protest, without any teeth. She didn't want to disturb the birds, who were much less mindful--shrieking and calling to each other noisily. Especially that big macaw. Its wingspan reached around almost as much as Pen's arms.
A smile started to tug at Lucy's mouth when something caught her eye from near the ground. A...stilt, tiny heron? It was looking up at her expectantly, its long neck extended.
Then Lucy wasn't here for a time, eyes staring off at something unseen.
She was still at the zoo, though, but a larger one. She was much smaller, and there weren't so many with her. There was another child with her, someone she knew--a friend?
Showing interest in something was a certain way to get it used against her, to have people cruelly pick at it. But it was just--it was so hard not to, now, there were so many interesting things.
"Zoos don't interest me," she said, with a small huff in a small voice that was nonetheless hers.
Then she turned a corner and saw a giraffe, and lost her composure immediately. She ran over to it, babbling excitedly. "Long neck!"]
Long neck.
[Her voice was a soft mutter.]