[A small tidal wave indeed! Alice's eyes jump wide open when the children begin to descend upon them with those bright little voices pitched up high and keen. They're curious and eager and as they bunch up around her legs Alice begins to fluster.]
I .. I, um -- that --
[One of them clings to her right foreleg, peering up at her with round dark eyes and she just --]
H-Hello ...
[She has a baby brother at home and he's no stranger to running up to her when he sees her. She's had a vastly different experience with most orphans though -- for good reason, of course -- and it has her a little overwhelmed at the moment.]
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I .. I, um -- that --
[One of them clings to her right foreleg, peering up at her with round dark eyes and she just --]
H-Hello ...
[She has a baby brother at home and he's no stranger to running up to her when he sees her. She's had a vastly different experience with most orphans though -- for good reason, of course -- and it has her a little overwhelmed at the moment.]