Thornton shuffled his way into the measuring area, thankful to be rid of Seren's hovering. In some ways, he understood his parents sending the nanny with him on his school shopping but in others, he was upset that his parents would not be making the trip to prepare him for school, nor to see him off.

He sighed, clinking coins together in his pocket. At least Seren hadn't insisted on following him into every store. Her fussing would have certainly been a bother.

He looked around to try to get someone's attention.

He felt something tickle around his ankles and when he looked down, a measuring tape shot up toward his face and measured the length of his arm. He laughed a bit, now that the shock had passed as the tape did it's work.

After a moment, it rolled itself up and floated away. He bit his lip and looked around, wondering where to head next. Maybe Seren should have come with him...