[voice]

[imperial_ray]

-Yep. More crying.-

Oh my... A-ah... If I could only feed it, this wouldn't be such a problem! But they don't seem to be responding to anything! Oh dear... I need help!

-And to think, she's going to be a real mother someday...-

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[reverentresistance]

-Ky frowns at the egg when it starts to cry, but that doesn't stop it.

Still, it could be worse, so she shrugs at Dizzy.-

Do you think we have to do...anything else with it?

[imperial_ray]

I'm not sure. It has no mouth, so it can't eat. -Said as she floats back down.-

[reverentresistance]

It shouldn't be able to cry either...

-She's clearly the best parent ever, because she's just staring at the egg.

It seems happy now?

[imperial_ray]

It seems the solution is to stay in proximity.

[reverentresistance]

-Ky offers Dizzy a smile. At least this would be easier than it had been with Sol.-

I think we can handle that, then.

[imperial_ray]

Mm... Should I make us some food, then? We may be here awhile.

[reverentresistance]

I could help, if you wanted.

[imperial_ray]

Ah... One of us is going to need to hold the egg, Ky.

[reverentresistance]

It can't just be set down somewhere?

-Ky doesn't think it'll be likely to roll away.-

[imperial_ray]

No no, you must keep her warm.

[reverentresistance]

Oh. Does it have to be body heat, or we could get a blanket?

-She feels a little silly holding an egg, Dizzy.-

[imperial_ray]

Hmm... Oma used a blanket with me when I was really little, so maybe?

[reverentresistance]

We can try.

If it gets upset it seems as though it will tell us.

[imperial_ray]

Okay... I'll get a warm one from the closet.

[reverentresistance]

-Ky studies the crib and the expression on the egg's face as she waits.-

It just showed up?

[imperial_ray]

When I woke up, she was there.

[reverentresistance]

I hope that it didn't wake you up?

[imperial_ray]

She did, but it was okay...

... You really shouldn't call her an 'it', Ky.

[reverentresistance]

It's an egg, not a person, even if it cries, Dizzy.

[imperial_ray]

How do you know?

[reverentresistance]

Because it's acting in line with the Queen's other attempts to manipulate us into doing what she wants.

[imperial_ray]

That doesn't mean we get to be cruel to her.

[reverentresistance]

It's not being cruel if it doesn't truly have any sort of existence.

[imperial_ray]

-Something flashes in Dizzy's eyes... something distinctly darker.-

You've never been called an 'it' before. You don't know what it's like.

[reverentresistance]

...It's not the same situation, Dizzy.

You're a person.

-And it's an egg.-