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Angie Habit made her clasp her Calyx's hand with her own but it was unfamiliarity and trepidation what twisted her face. Blinking, Bayrose Morgan-Bott looked at her twin, then at her mum, then at her twin, again. It wasn't like she didn't know what was about to happen; she'd extensively questioned her father about this until she'd grown bored and requested a regular bed time story instead. And eventually she'd fall asleep with the sound of daddy's voice and it was nice and like magic.
This was definitely magic, but not nice. It felt important, yes, but also intrusive. Because hearing about things was different than experiencing them. And there was a lot of experiencing to be had when a magical measuring type was prodding her every other way, making her flinch back when it got too close to her nose. "Enough!" Trying to emulate her mother's--je ne se quois. Presence. Magnetism? It was not exactly successful, the measuring tape undeterred as it went about her calves. She nursed the diminutive slight against her ego in silence, but there was a crease between her brows and she looked at mummy expectantly, once more.
And then promptly hissed at the tape when it snuck in between her palm and Calyx's and curled around her fingers. Then slid up and down her palm, circling her wrists and despite herself, almost giggled.
Calyx Morgan-Bott was not letting go.... at least not on purpose. The moment the tape slipped between his and his sisters hands he quickly grabbed for hers again and clung very tightly. He wasn't too apprehensive about the tape itself but he was looking nervously towards the fitting area as kids went up
one at a time, which would just not do at ALL.
He let out a nervous 'hehe' and sneezed when the end of the measuring tape tickled his nose. It helped that their mum was right there, watching them, close enough that if it all got to be too much she could step in and make everything okay again. But if the wand people thought he was going to let go of his twin sister's hand, they were in for a surpriiiiise.