"My name is Trinket," she replied. "I'm going to tell my friend your name. Then they can send you a letter."
She didn't so much as glance at the cub as it scurried away. The animal wasn't interesting. The mershark seemed much more fun.
She glanced up and down the beach for a moment. The doll's eyes never left Kaiden's. When Trinket turned back towards the mershark, she asked, "Do you want to play a game? You already won the killing game today. We should play something else."
She didn't know any other games that mersharks could play. But she was sure they could think of something. Kaiden had come up with a good game last time. He probably knew lots of good games. So she stood and waited, her expression blank of the expectation that her words carried. No signs of emotion touched her porcelain face. It almost seemed as if the doll wore more emotion on its face than the girl did. It stared Kaiden down. Weighing him. Judging him. Never stopping. Never blinking.
"Do you want to play a game?" Trinket asked again.
She didn't so much as glance at the cub as it scurried away. The animal wasn't interesting. The mershark seemed much more fun.
She glanced up and down the beach for a moment. The doll's eyes never left Kaiden's. When Trinket turned back towards the mershark, she asked, "Do you want to play a game? You already won the killing game today. We should play something else."
She didn't know any other games that mersharks could play. But she was sure they could think of something. Kaiden had come up with a good game last time. He probably knew lots of good games. So she stood and waited, her expression blank of the expectation that her words carried. No signs of emotion touched her porcelain face. It almost seemed as if the doll wore more emotion on its face than the girl did. It stared Kaiden down. Weighing him. Judging him. Never stopping. Never blinking.
"Do you want to play a game?" Trinket asked again.
