CRIPES

Plus I’m working on some Very Very Cool things behind the scenes for my own personal work and it’s been very rewarding. Thanks for missing me but for now I’m in hermit mode, maybe see you eventually??

Stardos shuffles uncomfortably....

‘I’m not a child, I’m twelve! Stop talking to me like mum talks to Sidos...’

:)

‘Oh, my mum is really cool! She can sail a a ship all by herself, she can carve wood and can cook anything and she fights pirates and-and, she made me this scarf! In fact, she’s made most of our clothes… she can do anything, really…’

.......... nevermind, Sidos probably has inherited it by now......’

‘Yeah! I always feel OK and strong! But... I should probably get back to the garden, dad will be mad if I’m gone for too long... don’t want him to think I’m...... slacking off..........’

‘I-I um........ Dad and Mum and Leafos and Storkos and Sidos and I were starting to harvest the um.... first crop of strawberries and-and now I’m here...... where exactly........... is here? This isn’t the garden........’

‘................’

‘Y-You DO realize that taking that away from him at the end of all this would destroy him, right? Are you SURE you want to do this!?’

‘We’ve been doing great! I hate that I had to have a bit of a forced vacation... and have to take naps in the afternoon but... things are (mostly) back to normal...’

She had to go back to working, not that I’m happy about it. It was nice... having her around all the time......

‘They were very wary at first but she figured out pretty quickly that the best way to win a sour’s heart is through their stomach...’