Delphine
He did not move on, but he apologized, and she allowed her gaze to flit to the stranger's face. The children were openly staring, though it was already pretty well established that she had not taught them how to be around people.
Her gaze found the stranger's face, the kind smile, which illcited one in turn. "Was our fault, sir." The children stood in quiet silence, having already been fussed at for speaking to strangers once today.
The bird perched atop one child's head, however, had not been told he could not speak and so he squawked, "Delphine, Delphine!" She swatted the bird to quiet down, and the bright pink creature snapped at her fingers. "Brrrrr," it squawked. Of course Poe would be cold. After all, he just had feathers.
She scooped the bird up and settled him into the thin cloak she wore. It wasn't doing much for her, nor would it for him, but it was something and something was better than nothing.
Her gaze found the stranger's face, the kind smile, which illcited one in turn. "Was our fault, sir." The children stood in quiet silence, having already been fussed at for speaking to strangers once today.
The bird perched atop one child's head, however, had not been told he could not speak and so he squawked, "Delphine, Delphine!" She swatted the bird to quiet down, and the bright pink creature snapped at her fingers. "Brrrrr," it squawked. Of course Poe would be cold. After all, he just had feathers.
She scooped the bird up and settled him into the thin cloak she wore. It wasn't doing much for her, nor would it for him, but it was something and something was better than nothing.
Let me make you smile, darling.
