whole new world

[campanas]

Pen wakes up at about four in the afternoon. It takes her a few seconds to remember why she's here, but then she remembers and starts looking for Cindy.

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[manofmyword]

"Yeah."

[campanas]

"Miss Mommy and Daddy and sisters and people."

[manofmyword]

"Yeah."

[campanas]

"Do you dreaming thing?"

[manofmyword]

"What's the dreaming thing?"

[campanas]

"A Jokers nice bar thing. They dream, they be at it."

[manofmyword]

He shakes his head. "I've never done that."

[campanas]

"If you dream it tell Jane and she tell everyone."

[manofmyword]

"And where will I find Jane?"

[campanas]

"She in Belltower, or you just," [brainphone.]

[manofmyword]

"All right," he says. "I'll remember."

[campanas]

Pen nods. She plops her head onto her arms again.

[manofmyword]

"Wanna hug?"

[campanas]

"No," Pen sighs.

[manofmyword]

"'Kay."

[campanas]

"Now what?"

[manofmyword]

"I'm gonna make cookies," he decides.

[campanas]

"Okay. The before cookies gone."

[manofmyword]

"Yep."

To the cupboards!

[campanas]

Pen supervises the making of cookies. She will stir things, if he wants help.

[manofmyword]

He will absolutely call upon her to stir things. Superstrong little angels are handy!

And then the cookies go in the oven. As an afterthought, he says, "Couldja bring that fork back now?"

[campanas]

"Okay." Pen pulls the fork back out of the outlet. She does her best to bend it back into shape; she is strong enough to bend it but it's delicate work.

[manofmyword]

"Thanks."

[campanas]

"What holes for? Not forks, I think."

[manofmyword]

"No, not for forks. Most people could get hurt doing that, actually. Those're electrical sockets. They're for things like the fridge, the microwave, the toaster, the TV, the CD player," indicating each thing as he lists them. "That stuff runs on electricity, and they get it from the holes in the walls through plugs, liiiike... this."

He unplugs the toaster to show her, since it's closest.