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iceblossom22
This tall!Person seemed to just what to say to make Hayley feel better, she did. Christmas break seemed like forever away, but she was going to have to survive for her sister's sake. She could do it, because tall!Person had faith in her and she needed some motivation to live on. She was totally being overdramatic. "Okaaay," she said, nodding. "Christmas break. Are you going home then too?"
Hayley was just about to tell tall!Person what kind of pet Marshmallow was when she asked if Marshmallow would bite her if she peeked into her carrier. "Marshmallow would never bite," she said, shaking her head rather violently. "She'd probably snuggle you. She's very fluffy and she likes snuggling people a lot."
YUP.
But then, that made Hayley wonder about other things. Like tall!Person's name, because she couldn't call her tall!Person forever. "What's your name, though, tall!Person?" Did she just say that out loud? "I meant miss. What's your name, miss?"
Astrid really hoped that all those stuff she was saying made the younger girl feel better. Because Merlin knew that she talked a lot. Like seriously, she'd sent the Howlers to shame... minus the unpleasant stuff. Astrid would never say bad stuff, no. "
Of course I am," she replied to the girl. "
I'm going home to my Dad and I might even visit my best friend." And now Astrid was the sad one. She missed Cleo and Beauxbatons. Sniffle.
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She sounds like a really nice pet," Astrid said. AND FLUFFY TOO. Fluffy was important because furry pets meant nice cuddle buddies. That was a thing, by the way. She liked those. "
So... does that give me permission to peek or something?" She was being obvious that she wanted to see the sleeping kitty. Heh.
Her name. OH RIGHT SHE HAD FORGOTTEN THAT. Oops. "
I'm Astrid," she said with a curtsey. Yeah, old habits die hard but this one wasn't going anywhere. She'd grown up making this a thing, so yep. Tall!Person? LOL. 5'3" was sooo not tall, hello... but for the little girl's sake, she'll play along with it. "
What's your name?"