Vena has noticed a friend running past pursued by a galloping puppy. She lurches in place, the whole top half of her body swaying as if to follow, her feet remembering to stay put, her face a mask of tragic resolve. She is being Responsible and not just having fun. It's a hard thing to do and her own nobility distracts her.
Aren decides the issue and tells the girl in their soft undertone, "I really need to get to the latrines. Since you chased my friend off, will you keep my place? And hold Kai."
"Huh? Yeah, okay," Vena says, not fully paying attention until the baby, wrapped up in gray-washed fabric, is imminent. She looks shocked for a second before accepting him with only modest awkwardness as Aren says "Make sure you support his head," and moves off with a nod to Guts.
Vena says, "Um," and joggles Kai against her shoulder, then gives Guts a long, speculative look. "Here, you want to hold him?"
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Aren decides the issue and tells the girl in their soft undertone, "I really need to get to the latrines. Since you chased my friend off, will you keep my place? And hold Kai."
"Huh? Yeah, okay," Vena says, not fully paying attention until the baby, wrapped up in gray-washed fabric, is imminent. She looks shocked for a second before accepting him with only modest awkwardness as Aren says "Make sure you support his head," and moves off with a nod to Guts.
Vena says, "Um," and joggles Kai against her shoulder, then gives Guts a long, speculative look. "Here, you want to hold him?"